#federation

The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook. But we’ve been here before.

The domi­nance of Face­book is a democra­tic pro­blem. Our only hope is to use the same tac­tic the inter­net used to win against the networks of the time: Open up for col­la­bo­ra­tion between networks. This is done through federa­tion. Here is how and why it will work, and how you can help.

"I am in no way saying that AtomPub is the solution. What I am pointing out is that if you want federation then you need to design your protocols and APIs RESTfully. In this example it is hypertext, link following, in the AtomPub spec that allows these two separate services to be linked together."