RSS3 v0.2.0

Latest editor's draft:

https://github.com/NaturalSelectionLabs/RSS3open in new window

Editors:

DIYgod (NaturalSelectionLabsopen in new window)
Joshua (NaturalSelectionLabsopen in new window)
Atlas (NaturalSelectionLabsopen in new window)

Reviewers

Zui (NaturalSelectionLabsopen in new window)
Usagi (NaturalSelectionLabsopen in new window)

Participate:

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1. Abstract

Derived from the best out of RSS, RSS3 is an open protocol designed for content and social networks in the Web 3.0 era.

This document describes the interfaces of RSS3 files.

2. Status of This Document

The proposal is being incubated in the NaturalSelectionLabsopen in new window.

GitHubopen in new window issuesopen in new window and discussionsopen in new window are preferred for discussion of this specification.

3. Future Compatibility

This version is a beta version, so it is not guaranteed to be compatible with subsequent versions, but breaking updates will be kept to a minimum.

4. Concepts

Persona - a user, either as an individual or as a group
Item - An item published by a persona
Context - One type of interactive content for an item
Link - One type of relationship to other personas from current persona
Backlink - A link from other personas to current persona

5. Interfaces

5.1 Interfaces in TypeScript

type RSS3ID = string;
type RSS3ItemID = string;
type RSS3ItemsID = string;
type RSS3ListID = string;
type ThirdPartyAddress = string[];

// Common attributes for each files
interface RSS3Base {
    "@version": 'rss3.io/version/v0.2.0'; // Proposal version for current file. It should be like `rss3.io/version/v1.0.0`
    id: RSS3ID | RSS3ItemsID | RSS3ListID; // Unique indicate for current file and public key for current persona
    date_created: string; // Specifies the created date in RFC 3339 format
    date_updated: string; // Specifies the updated date in RFC 3339 format
}

// Entrance, RSS3 file, indicating a persona
interface RSS3 extends RSS3Base {
    id: RSS3ID;
    signature?: string; // Signed by persona's private key; The signature content is the Keccak-256 hash of the array of object sorted by alphabetical and excluding fields starting with `@` characters and the `signature` field itself, for example {"@a": "1", c: "2", b: {d: "3"}} -> [["b", ["d", "3"]], ["c", "2"]] or `Hi, RSS3. I'm your agent ${agent_id}` if using agent signature; Useful for the object integration verification for both server side and persona side; If the server side is trusted, then this field is optional
    agent_id?: string; // A random ed25519 public key generated by the client
    agent_signature?: string; // A signature signed by `agent_id`'s private key, its content is the same as `signature`

    owers?: RSS3ID[]; // Additional owner of the file other than id

    profile?: {
        name?: string;
        avatar?: ThirdPartyAddress;
        bio?: string;
        tags?: string[];
    };

    items?: RSS3Item[]; // Items published by current persona
    items_next?: RSS3ItemsID; // Next page of items

    links?: { // Next page of `items`. See **RSS3Items** for more details
        type: string; // Link type, for example: follow superfollow
        tags?: string[];
        list?: RSS3ID[]; // Personas who belong to this link
    }[];
    "@backlinks"?: { // Backlinks for this persona, for example: follow type of backlink means followers.
        type: string; // The same as links.type
        list?: RSS3ListID; // File ID of backlink list that belong to this type. See **RSS3List** for more details
    }[];

    accounts?: {
        platform: string; // Platform name, for example: EVM+ or Twitter
        identity: string; // Platform identity, for example: 0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890 or @username
        signature?: string; // Signature of [["address": id], ["identity": account.identity], ["platform", account.platform]], optional for no public-key cryptography platform
        tags?: string[];
    }[];

    "@assets"?: {
        platform: string; // Corresponding to accounts.platform
        identity: string; // Corresponding to accounts.identity
        id: string; // Unique asset ID
        type?: string; // Asset type, for example: Ethereum-NFT xDai-POAP
    }[];
}

// RSS3Items file, used for pagination of RSS3 files
interface RSS3Items extends RSS3Base {
    id: RSS3ItemsID; // Unique indicate for current file. Its value should be `${RSS3ID}-items-${index}`
    signature?: string;
    agent_id?: string;
    agent_signature?: string;

    items: RSS3Item[]; // List of items
    items_next?: RSS3ItemsID; // Next page of items
}

// RSS3List file, used for pagination of links and contexts
interface RSS3List extends RSS3Base {
    id: RSS3ListID; // Unique indicate for current file. Its value should be `${RSS3ID}-list-${field}-${type}`

    list?: RSS3ID[] | RSS3ItemID[];
    list_next?: RSS3ListID;
}

// Indicating a content posted by a persona or a context
interface RSS3Item {
    id: RSS3ItemID; // Unique ID of current item. Its value should be `${RSS3ID}-item-${index}`
    authors?: RSS3ID[];
    title?: string;
    summary?: string;
    tags?: string[];
    date_published?: string; // Specifies the published date in RFC 3339 format
    date_modified?: string; // Specifies the modified date in RFC 3339 format

    type?: string; // Item type for the not original item, for example: comment like
    upstream?: RSS3ItemID; // Upstream of the not original item

    contents?: { // Contents of current item, possibly multiple different types of content
        address: ThirdPartyAddress; // Content address. It is one or multiple third party addresses that link to an identical file
        mime_type: string; // [MIME type](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type) of current content
        name?: string;
        tags?: string[];
        size_in_bytes?: string;
        duration_in_seconds?: string;
    }[];

    "@contexts"?: { // Interactive items from other personas.
        type?: string;
        list: RSS3ListID; // File ID of items list that belong to this context. See **RSS3List** for more details
    }[];
}

5.2 Fields

Fields starting with @ characters

Entirely the responsibility of the hosting program
May be modified by the hosting program at any time
Not allowed to be modified by the persona

Extensions

Custom objects can be used in RSS3. Names must start with an _ character followed by a letter. Custom objects can appear anywhere in RSS3.

Empty contents

It is strongly recommended to delete fields with empty contents, including empty strings, empty arrays, empty objects

5.3 Examples

A persona 0xC8b960D09C0078c18Dcbe7eB9AB9d816BcCa8944 with a published item Hello World and a comment to it

{
    "@version": "rss3.io/version/v0.2.0",

    "id": "0xC8b960D09C0078c18Dcbe7eB9AB9d816BcCa8944",
    "date_created": "2009-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "date_updated": "2021-05-08T16:56:35.529Z",

    "profile": {
        "name": "DIYgod",
        "avatar": ["dweb://diygod.jpg", "https://example.com/diygod.jpg"],
        "bio": "写代码是热爱，写到世界充满爱！",
        "tags": ["demo", "lovely", "technology"]
    },

    "items": [{
        "id": "0xC8b960D09C0078c18Dcbe7eB9AB9d816BcCa8944-item-1",
        "authors": ["0xC8b960D09C0078c18Dcbe7eB9AB9d816BcCa8944"],
        "summary": "Yes!!",
        "date_published": "2021-05-09T16:56:35.529Z",
        "date_modified": "2021-05-09T16:56:35.529Z",

        "type": "comment",
        "upstream": "0xC8b960D09C0078c18Dcbe7eB9AB9d816BcCa8944-item-0"
    }, {
        "id": "0xC8b960D09C0078c18Dcbe7eB9AB9d816BcCa8944-item-0",
        "authors": ["0xC8b960D09C0078c18Dcbe7eB9AB9d816BcCa8944"],
        "title": "Hello World",
        "summary": "Hello, this is the first item of RSS3.",
        "date_published": "2021-05-08T16:56:35.529Z",
        "date_modified": "2021-05-08T16:56:35.529Z",

        "contents": [{
            "address": ["dweb://never.html", "https://example.com/never.html"],
            "mime_type": "text/html"
        }, {
            "address": ["dweb://never.jpg"],
            "mime_type": "image/jpeg"
        }],

        "@contexts": [{
            "type": "comment",
            "list": "[email protected]@comment-0"
        }, {
            "type": "like",
            "list": "[email protected]@like-0"
        }]
    }],
    "items_next": "0xC8b960D09C0078c18Dcbe7eB9AB9d816BcCa8944-items-0",

    "links": [{
        "type": "follow",
        "list": ["0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"]
    }, {
        "type": "superfollow",
        "list": ["0xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"]
    }],
    "@backlinks": [{
        "type": "follow",
        "list": "[email protected]"
    }],

    "accounts": [{
        "platform": "EVM+",
        "identity": "0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890",
        "signature": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
    }];

    "@assets": [{
        "platform": "EVM+",
        "identity": "0x1234567890123456789012345678901234567890",
        "id": "0xacbe98efe2d4d103e221e04c76d7c55db15c8e89-5",
        "type": "Ethereum-NFT"
    }]
}

# RSS3 v0.2.0

# 1. Abstract

# 2. Status of This Document

# 3. Future Compatibility

# 4. Concepts

# 5. Interfaces

# 5.1 Interfaces in TypeScript

# 5.2 Fields

# 5.3 Examples