TypePad has just shipped PubSubHubbub-enabled activity streams feeds for all TypePad users, which include activity by those users across all things TypePad.
Fortunate timing allowed me to squeeze in at the last moment some of the changes we discussed at the last meetup, including:
* We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" is not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today aren't doing much with that information anyway.
* We're using atom:author for the actor, though we're also still publishing activity:actor for the moment for compatibility.
These feeds are linked from user profile pages as normal, auto-discoverable Atom feeds, and they're compatible with non-activity-aware feed readers.
> TypePad has just shipped PubSubHubbub-enabled activity streams feeds for > all TypePad users, which include activity by those users across all things > TypePad.
> Fortunate timing allowed me to squeeze in at the last moment some of the > changes we discussed at the last meetup, including:
> * We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" is > not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today aren't > doing much with that information anyway.
> * We're using atom:author for the actor, though we're also still > publishing activity:actor for the moment for compatibility.
> These feeds are linked from user profile pages as normal, auto-discoverable > Atom feeds, and they're compatible with non-activity-aware feed readers.
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BIG CONGRATULATIONS Martin (and the TypePad team) !!!
From: activity-streams@googlegroups.com [mailto:activity-streams@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Messina Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:37 PM To: activity-streams@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: TypePad is now publishing Activity Streams feeds
Sweet! That's great news!
Is there any documentation for this on the Typepad Help/API site?
Any idea how much data that represents? i.e. how many feeds are we talking about?
Chris On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Martin Atkins <m...@degeneration.co.uk<mailto:m...@degeneration.co.uk>> wrote:
Hi all,
TypePad has just shipped PubSubHubbub-enabled activity streams feeds for all TypePad users, which include activity by those users across all things TypePad.
Fortunate timing allowed me to squeeze in at the last moment some of the changes we discussed at the last meetup, including:
* We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" is not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today aren't doing much with that information anyway.
* We're using atom:author for the actor, though we're also still publishing activity:actor for the moment for compatibility.
These feeds are linked from user profile pages as normal, auto-discoverable Atom feeds, and they're compatible with non-activity-aware feed readers.
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On Mar 11, 2010 3:43 PM, "Martin Atkins" <m...@degeneration.co.uk> wrote:
Hi all,
TypePad has just shipped PubSubHubbub-enabled activity streams feeds for all TypePad users, which include activity by those users across all things TypePad.
Fortunate timing allowed me to squeeze in at the last moment some of the changes we discussed at the last meetup, including:
* We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" is not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today aren't doing much with that information anyway.
* We're using atom:author for the actor, though we're also still publishing activity:actor for the moment for compatibility.
These feeds are linked from user profile pages as normal, auto-discoverable Atom feeds, and they're compatible with non-activity-aware feed readers.
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> On Mar 11, 2010 3:43 PM, "Martin Atkins" <m...@degeneration.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
> TypePad has just shipped PubSubHubbub-enabled activity streams feeds for all > TypePad users, which include activity by those users across all things > TypePad.
> Fortunate timing allowed me to squeeze in at the last moment some of the > changes we discussed at the last meetup, including:
> * We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" is > not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today aren't > doing much with that information anyway.
> * We're using atom:author for the actor, though we're also still publishing > activity:actor for the moment for compatibility.
> These feeds are linked from user profile pages as normal, auto-discoverable > Atom feeds, and they're compatible with non-activity-aware feed readers.
> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Activity Streams" group. > To post to this group, send email to activity-streams@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > activity-streams+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com<activity-streams%2Bunsubscrib e@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/activity-streams?hl=en.
> TypePad has just shipped PubSubHubbub-enabled activity streams feeds for > all TypePad users, which include activity by those users across all > things TypePad.
> Fortunate timing allowed me to squeeze in at the last moment some of the > changes we discussed at the last meetup, including:
> * We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" > is not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today > aren't doing much with that information anyway.
> * We're using atom:author for the actor, though we're also still > publishing activity:actor for the moment for compatibility.
> These feeds are linked from user profile pages as normal, > auto-discoverable Atom feeds, and they're compatible with > non-activity-aware feed readers.
> On Mar 11, 3:42 pm, Martin Atkins <m...@degeneration.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi all,
> > TypePad has just shipped PubSubHubbub-enabled activity streams feeds for > > all TypePad users, which include activity by those users across all > > things TypePad.
> > Fortunate timing allowed me to squeeze in at the last moment some of the > > changes we discussed at the last meetup, including:
> > * We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" > > is not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today > > aren't doing much with that information anyway.
> > * We're using atom:author for the actor, though we're also still > > publishing activity:actor for the moment for compatibility.
> > These feeds are linked from user profile pages as normal, > > auto-discoverable Atom feeds, and they're compatible with > > non-activity-aware feed readers.
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> TypePad has just shipped PubSubHubbub-enabled activity streams feeds for > all TypePad users, which include activity by those users across all things > TypePad.
> Fortunate timing allowed me to squeeze in at the last moment some of the > changes we discussed at the last meetup, including:
> * We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" is > not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today aren't > doing much with that information anyway.
> * We're using atom:author for the actor, though we're also still > publishing activity:actor for the moment for compatibility.
> These feeds are linked from user profile pages as normal, auto-discoverable > Atom feeds, and they're compatible with non-activity-aware feed readers.
> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Activity Streams" group. > To post to this group, send email to activity-streams@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > activity-streams+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com<activity-streams%2Bunsubscrib e@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/activity-streams?hl=en.
> Is there any documentation for this on the Typepad Help/API site?
This isn't really considered to be a developer feature... it's just a feed, after all. It's discoverable by standard feed autodiscovery, so you don't need to know anything proprietary except the location of the user's TypePad profile page in order to play.
I consider these feeds on TypePad to be an example of the progressive enhancement that our spec affords; we just took a standard feed and bolted some extra elements onto it. Right now users of these feeds just see standard feed fare... but as soon as a good activity streams consumer application comes along it'll magically become a better user experience for users of that application without the user needing to understand why it's better and without Six Apart needing to partner with the company that produces the consumer application.
I hope in the coming months we can persuade more services to add these extra bits to their feeds so that this spec moves from being a protocol for integration between specific pairs of partners to the decentralized, ad-hoc syndication system it was always intended to be.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Martin Atkins <m...@degeneration.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
> TypePad has just shipped PubSubHubbub-enabled activity streams feeds for all > TypePad users, which include activity by those users across all things > TypePad.
> Fortunate timing allowed me to squeeze in at the last moment some of the > changes we discussed at the last meetup, including:
> * We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" is > not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today aren't > doing much with that information anyway.
> * We're using atom:author for the actor, though we're also still publishing > activity:actor for the moment for compatibility.
> These feeds are linked from user profile pages as normal, auto-discoverable > Atom feeds, and they're compatible with non-activity-aware feed readers.
> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Activity Streams" group. > To post to this group, send email to activity-streams@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > activity-streams+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/activity-streams?hl=en.
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Martin Atkins <m...@degeneration.co.uk> wrote: > * We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" is > not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today aren't > doing much with that information anyway.
Quick question - it looks like your <link rel="photo" /> elements are using "src" for the actual image... that should be 'href' , no? Per http://atompub.org/rfc4287.html#element.link - href is a MUST and there's no mention of 'src'.
We'd love for StatusNet subscribers to see your pretty face ;-)
James Walker wrote: > Hey Martin, this is awesome!
> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Martin Atkins <m...@degeneration.co.uk> wrote: >> * We're exclusively using link rel="photo" for userpics. rel="avatar" is >> not included, since I figured the few generic consumers we have today aren't >> doing much with that information anyway.
> Quick question - it looks like your <link rel="photo" /> elements are > using "src" for the actual image... that should be 'href' , no? Per > http://atompub.org/rfc4287.html#element.link - href is a MUST and > there's no mention of 'src'.
> We'd love for StatusNet subscribers to see your pretty face ;-)
James,
Thanks for pointing that out. This was a stupid error but it makes me wish we had a good validator or even just a viewer to test these things with.
I'm hoping to take some time next week to just make a simplistic activity streams visualizer tool where you can provide a URL for a feed and it will print out a description of the meaning of the feed as far as an activity streams parser is concerned.
And also, of course, I'll fix this error in the feeds.
Something I've been pushing for for a while now... :-) What's the status on getting AS into the feedvalidator?
--Steve
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Martin Atkins <m...@degeneration.co.uk> wrote: > This was a stupid error but it makes me > wish we had a good validator or even just a viewer to test these things > with.
Steve Ivy wrote: > Something I've been pushing for for a while now... :-) What's the > status on getting AS into the feedvalidator?
I think this just needs someone to take the time to work on it. I suspect initially we'd need to host a fork of it ourselves, but the FeedValidator folks said previously that they'd be interested in running it if the AtomActivity specification gains non-trivial adoption.
