#social 2016-05-13
2016-05-13 UTC
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dbuc Morning all..
# dbuc I just stumbled across the Activity Streams spec
# dbuc appreciate it is early days... but is there a demo/real example yet of a stream ?
# dbuc like... is anyone implemented it yet...?
# dbuc anyone on? or have i just asked the most ridiculous, nonsense, newbie question ever...
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ben_thatmustbeme hi dbuc, There are limited implementations as i understand
# ben_thatmustbeme cwebber2/ tsyesika are you guys doing a full implementation yet
# dbuc hi ben.. that's good to hear - sounds like it is very much in the works. hard to do an impl when specs will being finalised.
# dbuc its very cool stuff though... i will probably try and implement an activity stream into triki
# dbuc I just added RSS support recently as my first machine-readable interface...
# ben_thatmustbeme dbuc: its getting much more stable now. We would certainly value your input on it when you do go about implementing it
# dbuc i'll keep you posted...
# ben_thatmustbeme also, we hope to have several other specs out in time too. webmention is quite stable and worth a look
# dbuc yeah i saw the list of specs and was wondering which one to do first...
# dbuc balancing of maturity against which would be most useful for triki...
# ben_thatmustbeme webmention and as2 are both getting close to open calls for implementation
# ben_thatmustbeme at least we hope
# ben_thatmustbeme webmention has a lot of implementations already, as2 has very few, so implementation experience feedback would certainly be good to get to the group
# dbuc i'm not totally familiar with w3c process - what is "open calls for implementation"?
# dbuc i.e. we have done the spec... send us your implementations so we can see how it works?
# ben_thatmustbeme CR (candidate recommendation) is the phase where the group has finished with the spec but asks for implementations to get feedback on the spec. As a result of that feedback the spec may have to change, but we hope not
# dbuc cool - understood
# dbuc yeah... pls let me know if/when you kick this off for as2
# dbuc would be happy to give feedback
# ben_thatmustbeme with all bugs closed on github, its unlikely to have any major changes now. So you can always start now
# ben_thatmustbeme i think the only changes right now are non-normative changes (don't require changes in implmentations)
# ben_thatmustbeme more like editorial stuff
# dbuc yep...
# dbuc one thing i was trying to discern from the docs... and not quite getting
# dbuc was
# dbuc once you produce your stream... is the expectation that it will be pushed into a hub or others will pull your stream (like RSS) from your site?
# ben_thatmustbeme i woudl assume that either could work
# ben_thatmustbeme cwebber2 and tsyesika have taken a stab at how the push / pull mechanism for those that use AS2 would work. thats what activitypub is aimed at
# ben_thatmustbeme social web protocols doc is intended to be an explanation at how everything fits together
# ben_thatmustbeme or at least a high level of how various groups approach it / what specs they use
# dbuc thanks Ben... will have a go. Much to read...
