X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/x_status_git/blobdiff_plain/2659b92ca7ae70783227a5de0c000e34b984e2c2..e2fde79422bdefa6a9420fbfebe89e4aef81bc8e:/README.markdown?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 2c71b22..a0f8413 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -81,6 +81,15 @@ Note that these paths **do not** have a trailing slash. + **`GET /`**: Serve the file at `/index.html`. + A `Link` header with the value + `;rel=meta;type="application/ld+json"` (or + equivalent) **must** be provided. + + + **`GET /about`**: + Serve the file at `/.about.html`. + A `Link` header with the value + `;rel=meta;type="application/ld+json"` (or + equivalent) **must** be provided. + **`GET /statuses`**: Serve the file at `/.statuses.html`. @@ -126,6 +135,9 @@ These responses **should** be served with a `Content-Type` of In all cases, for `/$PATH.jsonld`, this just serves the file at `/$PATH/index.jsonld`. + + **`GET /about.jsonld`**: + Serve the file at `/about/index.jsonld`. + + **`GET /statuses.jsonld`**: Serve the file at `/statuses/index.jsonld`. @@ -227,41 +239,92 @@ The intention is that the simple nature of these files will make them ## I Am Computer, How Do I Get Status? -Assume you are given a U·R·L to a status collection, like `/statuses`, - `/YYYY-MM`, or `/topics/my_topic`. -Make a `HEAD` request to this U·R·L. -If there is a `Link` header with a `rel` of `meta` and a `type` of - `application/ld+json`, make a `GET` request to that U·R·L instead. -Otherwise, make a `GET` request to the U·R·L you were given. +Assume you are given a U·R·L `resource_url` which you think points to + some kind of Status.git resource. +Start by resolving it as follows :— + +01. Make a `HEAD` request to `resource_url`. + +02. If there is a `Link` header with a `rel` of `meta` and a `type` of + `application/ld+json`, set `resource_url` to the URL provided in + that header and restart these steps from step 1. + +03. Make a `GET` request to `resource_url` and let `response` be the + response. + +04. Set `document` as follows :— + + 01. If the `Content-Type` header of `response` has a type of `text` + and subtype of `html`, let `document` be the result of + processing the body of `response` into a D·O·M tree as an + H·T·M·L document . + It is an error if this process fails. -Assuming the U·R·L you were given was valid, you will receive a - Json‐L·D response with a `@type` which is either an - `OrderedCollection` or an `OrderedCollectionPage`. -One of the following will be true :— + 02. If the `Content-Type` header of `response` has a type of + `application` and a subtype which is `xml` or which ends in + `+xml`, let `document` be the result of processing the body + of `response` into a D·O·M tree as an X·M·L document . + It is an error if this process fails. - + The response is an `OrderedCollectionPage`. - Its `items` will be an array of statuses, and the `prev` and - `next` properties will give U·R·Ls for previous and next - pages of statuses (if any exist). + 03. Otherwise, let `document` be null. - + The response is an `OrderedCollection` with `first` and - `current` properties. - These properies give the U·R·Ls for the first and latest pages - of statuses, which you can fetch and process as above. +05. If `document` is not null :— - + Otherwise, the `items` property will be an array of every - status in the collection. + 01. If there is a `` element in either the H·T·M·L namespace + or the Atom namespace in `document` with a `rel` of `meta` + and a `type` of `application/ld+json`, set `resource_url` to + the `href` of that `` element and restart these steps + from step 1. + If multiple such elements exist, choose the first one. - > If you receive a `Collection` instead of an `OrderedCollection`, - > you are probably looking at a topics listing. - > You will need to choose a topic from the `items` and then fetch it - > to receive the list of statuses. + 02. Otherwise, it is an error. + +06. If the body of `response` is not a Json document, it is an error. + +Assuming the U·R·L you were given was valid, you will end this + algorithm with a Json‐L·D response, and you can use the `@type` + attribute to determine the response type. +`@type` will be either a string or an array. + + + If the `@type` is or contains `Forum`, the resource is a collection + of topics. + + + If the `@type` is or contains `Thread`, the resource is a + collection of statuses. + + + If the `@type` is or contains `Microblog`, the resource describes + this site as a whole. + The `streams` property will contain a list of available `Forum`s + and `Thread`s, as objects with an `@id` and `@type`. + +The items in the collection (`Forum` or `Thread`) may be determined + through one of the following methods :— + + + If the `@type` is or contains `CollectionPage` or + `OrderedCollectionPage`, then its `items` will contain resources. + This is a partial collection, and the `prev` and `next` properties + can be used to access further items from the parent collection + (indicated by `partOf`). + `first` and `current`, in this scenario, point “horizontally” to + the first and latest pages of items, not to subpages. + + + If the `@type` is or contains `Collection` or `OrderedCollection` + and the resource has `first` and/or `current` properties, then + the `items` property will not be present. + `first` and `current` can be accessed to provide + `OrderedCollectionPage`s listing the items of the collection. + + + Otherwise, the `items` property will contain every item in the + collection. Statuses themselves have the following properties :— + **`@id`**: The identifier of the status. + + **`@type`**: + The value `MicroblogPost`. + + **`created`** [`dcterms:created`]: The creation date for the status, as an `xsd:dateTime`.