[maemo-developers] Microfeed: Backend for accessing micro-blogging sites

[From: Henrik Hedberg]

    I have announced today a new project called Microfeed.

    Microfeed is a specification and a reference implementation of 
D-Bus-based client-server architecture providing access to various 
micro-blogging sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, Jaiku, Qaiku, and 
Laconi.ca. Also other services that have feed-type interface can be 
intergrated into the framework.

    By utilizing the Microfeed architecture, a client application can 
focus on user interface, while actual feed fetching is done in the 
background independently. The client application simply subscribes the 
feeds it is interested, and a provider publishes new information when it 
is received. The Microfeed has unified format for various messages, and 
supports also updating of status information in micro-blogging sites.

    Mauku will be the first application that utilizes the Microfeed 
backend. There is already Mauku Widget available for Fremantle in the 
extras-devel. The idea of the Microfeed architecture is that multiple 
applications can utilize the same information at the same time.

    Microfeed is an open source software project. You are invited to 
participate! You can contribute in many ways, such as:

* Spread the word: tell other developer that they could use Microfeed.
* Utilize the specification and/or the reference implemenation in your 
own client application.
* Write and fix documentation. Make it easier to understand.
* Provide example applications and tutorials.
* Review and test the implementation and write bug reports.
* Write bindings to other languages, such as Python. You can also 
rewrite the reference implementation (especially the subscriber side of 
the library) in other language on top of the D-Bus.
* Implement new providers. Especially Facebook provider would be nice!
* Enhance the specification and/or the reference implementation.

    For more information, visit microfeed.org.

    BR,

    Henrik

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    Henrik Hedberg  -  http://www.henrikhedberg.net/