Standardizing the Social Web - W3C #socialweb specs
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The W3C Social Web Working Group has been developing standards to make it easier to build social applications in the open web. In this talk, you'll get an overview of the various specifications in development, (Activity Streams 2, Webmention, Micropub, and ActivityPub), to help you learn how each applies to the social web.
Description
The W3C Social Web Working Group has been developing standards to make it easier to build social applications in the open web. In this talk, you’ll get an overview of each of the four main specifications the group is developing, and learn how each applies to the social web, and how you can begin using them on your websites today.
Activity Streams 2.0 describes actions that have been taken by users in a given system. Things like “Aaron posted a photo” or “Barnaby liked a note” are common summaries of Activity Streams objects.
ActivityPub is a protocol for creating ActivityStreams 2.0 objects.
Webmention is a simple protocol to notify a URL when you link to it. It is primarily used for cross-site commenting, likes, RSVPs, and more.
Micropub enables using third-party apps to post content to your own website. Web and native apps can use Micropub to post short notes, photos, events, or other posts to your site that supports Micropub.
Most of these specs also have validators and testing tools that can help you develop against them. We’ll look at some of the tools available, and walk through building a simple web page that can respond as a comment to the Webmention validator, webmention.rocks
Tags
micropub, webmention, indieweb, w3c, standards, specs, activitystreams, socialweb
Speaking experience
I've spoken at Open Source Bridge, OSCON, SXSW, WebVisions, Øredev and many more! See my full speaking history here: http://aaronparecki.com/presentations
Speaker
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Aaron Parecki
IndieWeb- Website: http://aaronparecki.com/
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Biography
Aaron Parecki is the co-founder of IndieWebCamp, a yearly conference on data ownership and online identity. He is the editor of the W3C Webmention and Micropub specifications, and maintains oauth.net. He has spoken at conferences around the world about owning your data, OAuth, quantified self, and even explained why R is a vowel.
Aaron has tracked his location at 5 second intervals since 2008, and is the co-founder and former CTO of Geoloqi, a location-based software company acquired by Esri in 2012. His work has been featured in Wired, Fast Company and more. He made Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 for his work on Geoloqi.
You can learn more about Aaron at aaronparecki.com, and you can follow him on twitter at @aaronpk
Sessions
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- Title: Standardizing the Social Web - W3C #socialweb specs
- Track: Theory
- Room: B302/303
- Time: 11:00 – 11:45am
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Excerpt:
The W3C Social Web Working Group has been developing standards to make it easier to build social applications in the open web. In this talk, you’ll get an overview of the various specifications in development, (Activity Streams 2, Webmention, Micropub, and ActivityPub), to help you learn how each applies to the social web.
- Speakers: Aaron Parecki