Technical Details

The following are some developer resources pertaining to the semantics behind how Diaspora works.

An Introduction to the Diaspora Source

This is an overview of the different working parts of the DIASPORA* platform. It explains some of the models and semantics.

Message Semantics

This gives an in-depth explanation of how messages are passed on the Diaspora platform from one pod to another. Specifically, it dives into the semantics of what all goes in to a single status update, comment, or private message.

Federation Protocol

With Diaspora, understanding the way our pods federate and work together is essential for getting a better idea of how the system works, and how the DIASPORA* network works as a whole.

Required Ruby Gems

This is a helpful overview for what Ruby Gems are important for getting Diaspora up and running.

Adding Additional Social Services

A quick guide to creating new connectors for different social services. Specifically, this guide pertains to how one could theoretically write additional services that a user can post to from the Publisher.

Conceptual Details

Some interesting past discussions about different implementations and ideas. It's worth noting that some of these ideas are deprecated, and that actual feature discussion should happen on the Diaspora-Discuss mailing list.