Thanks for sharing this here Bob. I agree that I'd love to see ActivityStreams pushed over XMPP. We're starting with ATOM for that reason — and would be excited to see what kinds of ideas might emerge from hooking up PubSub for Activities! Chris
On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Bob Wyman <[email protected]> wrote: > Over on the Activity Streams > list<http://groups.google.com/group/activity-streams?hl=en>Martin Atkins has > been developing specs for representing activity stream > data as Atom entries. It makes a great deal of sense to me that we should > see this data not only provided via traditional files, but also using Atom > Over XMPP so that real-time clients can be built. MySpace (represented by > Monica Keller) has been particularly active in helping to refine these > extensions to the Atom entry format and recently announced that MySpace and > Yahoo are already sharing Atom Activity data. > > My hope is that "microblogging" services, that have been the focus of much > of the discussion here, will also grow to handle the more general set of > events that ActivityStreams encompasses. It's great that I can generate > short-messages on something like Identi.ca today and access them over XMPP, > but it would be even better if I could have all my "activity stream" data > and events handled in the same way. If we can get all the data published > over XMPP in a consistent format: "Atom entries with extensions" then it > will be really easy to build some really exciting and innovative clients, > cross-platform services, etc. > > For info on Atom Activity Streams, see: http://activitystrea.ms/ (links to > draft specs are provided) > Discussion is on this list: > http://groups.google.com/group/activity-streams?hl=en > Documentation of data published by MySpace is at: > http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams > > To give you a quick overview of the kinds of "Activities" or events that > MySpace is supporting, I've included the TOC from their spec below: > > - 1 Activities Stream Spec Compliant > Activities<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Activities_Stream_Spec_Compliant_Activities> > - 1.1 Single User's > Activities<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Single_User.27s_Activities> > - 1.2 Friend > Activities<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Friend_Activities> > - 1.3 Atom Entry Format for > Activities<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Atom_Entry_Format_for_Activities> > - 1.4 > Photos<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Photos> > - 1.4.1 Tagged in > Photo<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Tagged_in_Photo> > - 1.4.2 Posting a > Photo<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Posting_a_Photo> > - 1.5 > Music<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Music> > - 1.5.1 Posting a > Song<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Posting_a_Song> > - 1.5.2 Sharing a > Song<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Sharing_a_Song> > - 1.6 > Notes<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Notes> > - 1.6.1 Posting a > Blog<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Posting_a_Blog> > - 1.6.2 Posting a Forum > Topic<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Posting_a_Forum_Topic> > - 1.7 > Videos<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Videos> > - 1.7.1 Sharing a > Video<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Sharing_a_Video> > - 1.7.2 Marking a Video as a > Favorite<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Marking_a_Video_as_a_Favorite> > - 1.7.3 Posting a > Video<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Posting_a_Video> > - 1.8 > People<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#People> > - 1.8.1 Adding > Friends<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Adding_Friends> > - 1.8.2 Joining a > Group<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Joining_a_Group> > - 1.8.3 Creating a Friend > Category<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Creating_a_Friend_Category> > - 1.9 > Events<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Events> > - 1.9.1 Band > Shows<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Band_Shows> > - 1.9.2 Hosting an > event<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Hosting_an_event> > - 1.9.3 Attending an > event<http://developerwiki.myspace.com/index.php?title=Standards_for_Activity_Streams#Attending_an_event> > > bob wyman > > -- Chris Messina Citizen-Participant & Open Web Advocate factoryjoe.com // diso-project.org // vidoop.com This email is: [ ] bloggable [X] ask first [ ] private
