#ObjectTypeNote

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

@reiver.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

5 months ago

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Apparently, Bookwyrm stores quotations with:

type="Quotation"

And if one Bookwyrm server talks to another Bookwyrm server, then — the ActivityPub / ActivityStreams representation of the quotation will have:

type="Quotation"

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BUT — if a non-Bookwyrm server talks to a Bookwyrm server […]

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

@reiver.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

5 months ago

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Apparently the Bookwyrm developer had the exact same idea!

(Which isn't too surprising.)

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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #ObjectTypeNote #ObjectTypeQuotation

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

@reiver.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

5 months ago

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How could you represent a quotation in ActivityPub‽

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I suppose there are 2 major approaches.

Either use an existing Object Type. Maybe:

type="Note"

Or create a new Object Type:

type="Quotation"

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Here is the interesting thing though —

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev […]

@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

@reiver.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

5 months ago

Quotations & the Fediverse / ActivityPub

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One thing I used to do a lot on social-media is — post quotations.

Sometimes I was reading a book. And, I would quote things from the book and post it on social-media.

Or I was reading a scholarly paper, or […]

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