Linked Data

Here's a page for discussing how Linked Data might be used in Diaspora.

Diaspora might embed RDFa (or RDFa Lite) metadata on relevant pages or they may link to a dedicated RDF document using HTML LINK or similar.

Profile pages

User profile pages might expose FOAF data.

• The user may be represented as a foaf:Person.
• The user's full name may be represented with the foaf:name property.
• The user's gender may be represented with the foaf:gender property.
• The user's birthday may be represented with the foaf:birthday property.
• The user's profile picture may be represented with the foaf:img property.
• Each of the user's tags may be represented with the foaf:interest property.
• The user's Diaspora account may be represented by setting their foaf:account property to the URI of the user's profile page.
• The user's Diaspora handle may be represented with the foaf:accountName property of the resource given by the URI of the user's profile page.
• The user's Diaspora pod may be represented with the foaf:accountServiceHomepage property of the resource given by the URI of the user's profile page.

Posts

User posts might expose SIOC data.

• The post may be represented as a sioc:Post.
• The post's timestamp may be represented with the dcterms:created property.
• The post's creator may be represented by setting its sioc:has_creator property to the creator's user profile page.
• Each of the post's tags may be represented with the sioc:topic property.
• Each of the post's comments may be represented with the sioc:has_reply property.