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 16.Dd $Mdocdate$
 17.Dt ACTIVITYPUB 7
 18.Os
 19.Sh NAME
 20.Nm activitypub
 21.Nd notes about the honk implementation
 22.Sh DESCRIPTION
 23The
 24.Xr honk 1
 25utility processes status updates and other microblog activities using the
 26.Nm ActivityPub
 27protocol to exchange messages with other servers.
 28The implementation is subject to interpretation, and not all implemntations
 29behave in the same way.
 30This document attempts to clarify honk's behavior.
 31It is not intended to be a complete description of
 32.Nm ActivityPub ,
 33but may be useful as a guide to other implementors looking to interoperate.
 34.Ss OBJECTS
 35The following object or document types are supported.
 36.Bl -tag -width tenletters
 37.It Vt Note
 38Fully supported.
 39The default object type for honk.
 40.It Vt Article
 41Fully supported.
 42.It Vt Page
 43Supported.
 44.It Vt Question
 45Read only support.
 46Appears similar to a Note.
 47.It Vt Event
 48Supported.
 49Appears similar to a Note.
 50Can be both created and received, but
 51.Vt Invite
 52ativities are ignored.
 53.It Vt Video
 54Limited support.
 55.It Vt Audio
 56Limited Support.
 57.El
 58.Pp
 59Honk primarily supports HTML content, not markdown or other formats,
 60with a wide range of permitted HTML tags in object
 61.Fa content
 62fields.
 63The following tags are supported.
 64.Bd -literal -offset indent
 65a, img, span,
 66div, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr,
 67table, thead, tbody, th, tr, td, colgroup, col,
 68p, br, pre, code, blockquote, q,
 69samp, mark, ins, dfn, cite, abbr, address,
 70strong, em, b, i, s, u, sub, sup, del, tt, small,
 71ol, ul, li, dl, dt, dd
 72.Ed
 73.Pp
 74The followin tag attributes are permitted.
 75.Bd -literal -offset indent
 76href, src, alt, colspan, rowspan
 77.Ed
 78.Ss ACTIVITIES
 79The following activities are supported.
 80.Bl -tag -width tenletters
 81.It Vt Create
 82Fully supported.
 83.It Vt Announce
 84Supported with share semantics.
 85.It Vt Read
 86Supported.
 87Primarily used to acknowledge replies and complete threads, without
 88additional semantics.
 89.It Vt Follow
 90Supported.
 91.Vt Accept
 92and
 93.Vt Undo
 94require that the original request be quoted, not referred to by URI.
 95.It Vt Update
 96Honk sends and receives
 97.Vt Update
 98activities.
 99.It Vt Delete
100Does what it can.
101.It Vt Like
102Don't be ridiculous.
103.El
104.Ss METADATA
105The following additional object types are supported as
106.Fa tag
107or
108.Fa attachment .
109.Bl -tag -width tenletters
110.It Mention
111.It Emoji
112Inline text :emoji: with image replacement.
113.It Place
114Attached as a
115.Fa tag
116to
117.Vt Note
118and
119.Fa location
120to
121.Vt Event .
122Supports
123.Fa name ,
124.Fa url ,
125.Fa latitude ,
126and
127.Fa longitude .
128.It Document
129Plain text and images in jpeg, gif, png, and webp formats are supported.
130.El
131.Ss SECURITY
132Honk uses http signatures.
133.Ss WEBFINGER
134Honk implements the
135.Vt webfinger
136end point and will use it for @mention resolution.
137It is not required for federation.
138.Sh SEE ALSO
139.Xr honk 1
140.Sh STANDARDS
141.Pp
142.Lk https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ "ActivityPub"
143.Pp
144.Lk https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/ "Activity Vocabulary"