Nice #IndieWebCamp discussion session with Kevin Marks (@kevinmarks@indieweb.social @kevinmarks@xoxo.zone @kevinmarks) on the topic of auto-linking^1.
I’ve implemented an auto_link function^2 that handles quite a few use-cases of URLs (with or without http: or https:), @-name @-domain @-domain/path @-@-handles, hashtags(#), and footnotes(^).
Much of it is based on what I’ve seen work (or implemented) on sites and software, and some of it is based on logically extending how people are using text punctuation across various services.
It may be time for me to write-up an auto-link specification based on the algorithms I’ve come up with, implemented, and am using live on my site. All the algorithms work fully offline (none of them require querying a site for more info, whether well-known or otherwise), so they can be used in offline-first authoring/writing clients.
I have identified three logical chunks of auto-linking functionality, each of which has different constraints and potential needs for local to the linking context information (like hashtags need a default tagspace). Each would be a good section for a new specification. Each is used by this very post.
* URLs, @-s, and @-@-s
* # hashtags
* ^ footnotes
#IndieWeb #autoLink #hashtag #hashtags #footnote #footnotes
Previously, previously, previously:
* https://tantek.com/2024/070/t1/updated-auto-linking-mention-use-cases
* https://tantek.com/2023/100/t1/auto-linked-hashtags-federated
* https://tantek.com/2023/043/t1/footnotes-unicode-links
* https://tantek.com/2023/019/t5/reply-domain-above-address-and-silo
References:
^1 https://indieweb.org/autolink
^2 https://github.com/tantek/cassis/blob/main/cassis.js
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In addition, if an h-card lacks an icon, perhaps Meetable should re-fetch user info more frequently, in case someone just setup their personal site and then added their image later.
One user-interactive work-around for this could be for Meetable to refetech someone’s h-card every time they sign-in, that way, a “user fix” for this could be signing out and signing back in to Meetable. Update: I see this was noted in https://github.com/aaronpk/Meetable/issues/122 already.
Another more aggressive user-interactive work-around for this could be refetch someone’s h-card every time a signed-in user (re)loads a Meetable page, since Meetable obviously recognizes that the user is signed in (since it offers more UI options like RSVPing and editing).
That way the UX would be:
* signed-in user updates their h-card with a new icon
* user reloads whatever Meetable page they are looking at
* Meetable detects the user page reload (same URL requested by same IP within 1hr? or use a cookie to note last time page was loaded by the user)
* Meetable goes out and re-fetches the user’s h-card
That would feel more responsive and discoverable, since reloading a page to see an update is a very natural thing for a user to do.
All setup here at IndieWebCamp Portland!
https://events.indieweb.org/2024/08/indiewebcamp-portland-2024-8bucXDlLqR0k
Good crowd of participants from #XOXO #XOXOConf (@xoxofest.com @xoxo@xoxo.zone @xoxo) here to work on their personal website(s), domains, or other independent social media setups!
As encouraged by Andy Baio (@waxy.org @andybaio@xoxo.zone @waxpancake)
“Every one of you should have a home on the web not controlled by a billionaire.”
If you’re in #Portland and want help, encouragement, or camaraderie in getting setup or doing more with your personal site, come on by! We’ll be having a mix of discussion sessions and create/hack sessions.
Personal site and hack demos at 16:00 PDT!
#indieweb #fediverse #ActivityPub #decentralized #socialMedia
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