Re: Portability work tempo

I'd love to come!

I think a standard backup format is important for the case of switching 
software but keeping the same domain and identity. Backup, install new 
software, restore data, and you're up and running again. Hopefully!

The big issue for moving stuff from server A to server B is the ID. It's 
got server A's address baked in. We need to have a way to say "the 
object a example.com/object/foo.json is now at 
example.org/object/bar.json, so update your records accordingly."

Portability of moderation information is very interesting! For a single 
person, exporting their blocked and muted accounts and servers probably 
does the trick. For a whole server, it's a bigger issue, but maybe the 
same format...?

Neat stuff!

Evan

On 2024-02-20 7:24 p.m., Lisa Dusseault wrote:
>
> I'd love to get a good tempo or feedback loop going on fediverse 
> portability work.  My early questions are:
>
> * who is interested in a standardized activity-pub-compatible export 
> format?   What are the use cases?
> * To what extent can activity pub itself be used by a destination 
> server to fetch a user’s content from their original server? What 
> information would be missing?  (for one, I think the user’s list of 
> accounts they follow)
> * What are the requirements or use cases for portability of 
> **moderation** information?
>
>  If folks are interested in joining a call I've got a couple busy 
> weeks but then March 14 at 8am PST is looking good so I've blocked it 
> off. We could do something monthly not too close to the general group 
> meetings?  LMK.
>
> Lisa

Received on Wednesday, 21 February 2024 03:02:52 UTC