From 33beea3ecaf23d1ba7154afc684e54e8bdcc97d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rohan Kumar Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 17:31:44 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] New note: Profile hydration --- content/notes/profile-hydration.md | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/notes/profile-hydration.md diff --git a/content/notes/profile-hydration.md b/content/notes/profile-hydration.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fcc4f8f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/notes/profile-hydration.md @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +--- +title: "Profile hydration" +date: 2022-10-26T17:31:44-07:00 +replyURI: "https://discuss.coding.social/t/idea-fediverse-profile-ui-component-fed-by-keyoxide-back-end-service/144" +replyTitle: "Idea: Fediverse Profile UI component fed by Keyoxide back-end service" +replyType: "DiscussionForumPosting" +replyAuthor: "Arnold Schrijver" +replyAuthorURI: "https://mastodon.social/@humanetech" +--- + +Many open standards can support profile hydration: + +Ariadne +: map an email identifier to supported verified accounts. + +The IndieWeb +: map a webpage with `h-card` to any account, with less-robust reciprocal-link verification. + +WebFinger +: map an email-like identifier (an `acct:` URI) to a list of links. + +vCard +: upload a vCard containing profile information, possibly with "share contact". + +I think `h-card`-based hydration is the best place to start. We can later add support for more options: + +- Keyoxide profiles already contain `h-card` microformats, so we get that for free. +- `h-card` microformats can have `u-key` properties, potentially triggering an Ariadne-based verification of accounts enumerated by the `h-card`. +- `h-card` can map to vCard4 + +Depending on how [keyoxide-web issue 141](https://codeberg.org/keyoxide/keyoxide-web/issues/141) goes, WebFinger could also indirectly give Keyoxide support.