Description
The note is a short-form text entry. This Object type is intended for use in "micro-blogging" and in systems where users are invited to publish short, often plain-text messages whose useful lifespan is generally shorter than that of an article or weblog entry. Link to atom spec: http://martin.atkins.me.uk/specs/activitystreams/activityschema#anchor8
Properties
| Property name | Type | Required | Property Description | JSON field | Atom field | RSS field |
|---|
| content |
string |
yes |
The entire note. Usually about 140 characters |
|
atom:content |
|
| owner |
object |
no |
Author of the note if different than activity actor |
userid for now but needs to be global |
atom:author |
|
| id |
string |
yes |
Unique id for the object. Must be different than the activity id |
id |
atom:id |
|
| url |
URI |
yes |
Permalink to the note. Usually allows commenting on this page and shows existing comments |
links[0] ? |
atom:link rel="alternate" |
|
| published |
W3CDTF timestamp |
no |
Time the note was created |
published or time ? |
atom:published |
|
| updated |
W3CDTF timestamp |
no |
Last modification time |
updated |
atom:updated |
|
| source |
object |
no |
|
|
atom:source |
|
| related links |
array |
no |
Related links |
links |
atom:link rel="related" |
|
URI
What is the URI for the object? Most URIs will be in the form:
http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/note
Examples
Notes
If a note contains links as most of them do the publisher should include them in the related links array. Also if the note is a status update then the Status object type should be used.
Open Questions
- How do systems distinguish between a user posting a note, a status and a bookmark ? A status should not have links but how to distiguish between note and bookmark
- Many of these have media associated with them how is this represented ? Does using thumbnail make sense for this ?
Implementations
Twitter, Buzz, MySpace, Facebook, Windows Live, Cliqset
Maintainers
Who maintains this page, or should be contacted if there are questions or feedback?
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