2017/Austin/micropub

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MicroPub Life Cycle was a session at IndieWebCamp Austin 2017.

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IndieWebCamp Austin 2017

Session: MicroPub Life Cycle

When: 2017-12-09 13:15 CST

Participants

• Aaron Parecki (session facilitator)
• David Shanske
• Manton Reece
• Jeremy Tanner
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• Chris Aldrich (remote)
• add yourself...

Notes

MicroPub spec is currently about creating posts and editing assumes you already know what you are editing.

Indieweb.org/micropub-brainstorming indieweb.org/micropub-extension

Review of XML-RPC protocol, which Manton is using to retrieve posts.

editing use cases:

• quick edits to recent posts
• editing old posts is usually not a time-sensitive thing or needs to be done from a mobile app

MetaWebLog API that micro.blog supports

metaWeblog.newPost metaWeblog.editPost metaWeblog.deletePost metaWeblog.getPost metaWeblog.getRecentPosts metaWeblog.newMediaObject

Micro.blog choosing post formats / categories screenshot:

Marsedit posting interface

• API to get recent posts - reverse chronological published date
• bonus if that API supports paging for older posts
• get list of categories - not all sites support this
• autocomplete for tags

q=config

• could also include list of categories
• should probably return everything the client needs for setup

Should a server return all properties of a post or just name/date/url?

• option for both, similar to existing q=source

querying venues?

• community venue database?
• can you query someone else's venue database from their website?