OpenMicroBlogging
{{short description|Microblogging protocol}}
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OpenMicroBlogging is a deprecated communication protocol that allows different microblogging services to interoperate with each other. It lets the user of one service subscribe to statuses from a user of another service. This enables the creation of a federation of new communities,Stay, Jesse (2008-8-12) [http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/08/identica-and-power-of-microbranded.html Identi.ca and the Power of Microbranded Communities]. Retrieved 2009-1-4. as an individual or organization of any size can host a service that supports the protocol. OpenMicroBlogging utilizes the OAuth and Yadis protocols and does not depend on any central authority.
OpenMicroBlogging has been superseded{{cite web|last=Prodromou|first=Evan|title=Understanding OStatus|url=http://status.net/2010/03/07/understanding-ostatus|publisher=Status.Net|access-date=30 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720190236/http://status.net/2010/03/07/understanding-ostatus|archive-date=20 July 2011}} by an enhanced version of it, OStatus.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100526080649/http://ostatus.org/ OStatus]}}
History
The original implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the Laconica software, which changed its name to StatusNet in August 2009.[http://status.net/2009/08/28/laconica-is-now-statusnet/ Laconica is now StatusNet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831073527/http://status.net/2009/08/28/laconica-is-now-statusnet/ |date=2009-08-31 }} Identi.ca is the first service to support OpenMicroBlogging,Mayfield, Ross (2008-7-2) [http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/identica-launch.html Identica launches, an open source Twitter]. Retrieved 2009-1-5. and other sizeable services including Leo Laporte's [https://web.archive.org/web/20080826063959/http://army.twit.tv/ Twit Army] were amongst those powered by the open source software.Malcolm Bastien, [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2009/03/theres-twitter.html There's Twitter the company, and twitter the medium]. Retrieved 2009-3-24.
Since March 2009, one can search users' accounts in Twit Army from within Identi.ca. You could also subscribe to accounts at Twit Army from your Identi.ca account.
A third-party implementation of the OpenMicroBlogging protocol is the [https://web.archive.org/web/20141025070529/http://openmicroblogger.org/ OpenMicroBlogger] software.
See also
External links
Implementations:
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141025070529/http://openmicroblogger.org/ OpenMicroBlogger]
- StatusNet (formerly)
Services
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405041346/http://www.skilledtests.com/wiki/List_of_Independent_Statusnet_Instances List of Independent StatusNet Instances]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081218064213/http://github.com/voitto/openmicroblogger/wikis/servers List of OpenMicroBlogger installations]
References
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