Drupal Social Initiative (Social API)

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Submitted by dahacouk on August 16, 2012 - 13:01

This BoF is a continuation of the work of the work started in the Abstracting Social Networking functionality in Drupal sprint at Drupal Developer Days Barcelona 2012.

Come to this BoF quickly! We will only miss the group photo! If you can't make it then just show your interest with a comment and I'll try to keep you informed. It's only 30 minutes and we will use the time to coordinate efforts and times and places for us meet and bring social networking functionality harmony to Drupal.

Objectives

  • Provide a common interface to access common functions across multiple social networks. Making it easier for:
    • Developers to create and maintain social network integration modules.
    • Site builders to utilise social network integration modules that harmoniously work together.
    • Users to access social networks functionality.
  • Let's work on clarifying these objectives.
  • There are numerous modules for Drupal social networking integration.
    • Connecting with other networks
    • Pulling in content
    • Pushing out content
    • What else?

See the Abstracting Social Networking functionality in Drupal stack diagram.

BoF pages

BoF

This BoF will not take place at the time listed. This is a placeholder for us to coordinate efforts and times and places for us meet and bring social networking functionality harmony to Drupal. This has been done because there is no more official BoF space left!

Code review

  • We should be able to abstract these into a social networking API
    • OAuth for authorisation
    • Pluggable layer for
      • Notifications
      • Pulling in and using content
      • Posting to other networks
      • What else?

Future directions (need to add website links)

  • Federated social networking
    • WebID
    • OStatus
      • PubSubHubbub
    • OpenSocial
      • Portable Contacts
  • What else?

Use Cases

  • What do we want to be able to do with social networks?
    • Downloading friends' lists
    • Posting pages
    • What else?

Posted to

Room: 
Athen
Time slot: 
Tuesday 10:15-10:45

Comments

Hi,

I am particulaly interested to talk with you about this as I work with DrupalCon on the social media side and professionally with several big brands globally. We use Drupal with Aldi for example. If I don't make it to your bof I would certainly like to chat. (I have a lot of commitments as a volunteer with the DA.

Paul

Submitted by pdjohnson on August 17, 2012 - 16:38

Shall we meet on Thursday after keynote?

Submitted by jbrown on August 18, 2012 - 14:12

Shall we try and meet earlier in the week too?

Perhaps Tuesday and/or Wednesday to catchup?

There are no more official BoF rooms available for any days but perhaps lunch times are good or just find some place to gather at any time.

Submitted by dahacouk on August 19, 2012 - 20:06

Sorry Daniel, I cannot make it as I need to prepare my session. I am up for catching up during the week though.

Submitted by juampy on August 21, 2012 - 09:39

I've rescheduled this for:
Room: Rom
Time slot: Tuesday 17:00-18:00

Submitted by dahacouk on August 21, 2012 - 11:34

http://munich2012.drupal.org/content/drupal-social-initiative-social-api-0

Submitted by dahacouk on August 21, 2012 - 11:35

A bit crazy to try and schedule a time for us all to meet so I've made the following bookings with a hope that we'll be able to meet at some point!

Room: Rom
Time slot: Tuesday 17:00-18:00
http://munich2012.drupal.org/content/drupal-social-initiative-social-api-0

Room: Montreal
Time slot: Wednesday 11:45-13:00 – Lunch!
http://munich2012.drupal.org/content/drupal-social-initiative-social-api-1

Room: Montreal
Time slot: Thursday 11:45-13:00 – Lunch!
http://munich2012.drupal.org/content/drupal-social-initiative-social-api-2

Hope to see some of you at some point.

Submitted by dahacouk on August 21, 2012 - 14:25

We are holding the last in the Drupal Social Initiative (Social API – Social Stack) BoF series today/Thursday over lunch in the Montreal room on the "first floor" map. Be there at 11:45 with lunch in hand or get your lunch after the BoF when the queues have gone down. There's loads of food and it wont run out. But be on time to start at 11:45.

We'll be discussing the Drupal Social Initiative (Social API – Social Stack). For more information and the minutes of past Sprints and BoFs see the wiki page: http://groups.drupal.org/node/232878

Room: Montreal
Time slot: Thursday 11:45-13:00 – Lunch!
http://munich2012.drupal.org/content/drupal-social-initiative-social-api-2

Cheers Daniel

Submitted by dahacouk on August 23, 2012 - 08:10