#interoperability

The @EUCommission published its first #DMA review on April 28.

We welcome that the EC has recognised our calls for greater transparency and accountability in the enforcement process. This is a step in the right direction.

We also welcome the recognition that #interoperability by design is important for fair digital markets.

The @EUCommission published its first #DMA review on April 28.

We welcome that the EC has recognised our calls for greater transparency and accountability in the enforcement process. This is a step in the right direction.

We also welcome the recognition that #interoperability by design is important for fair digital markets.

@reiver

The article was triggered by a discussion on JSON vs JSON-LD I started on SocialHub.

This is imho the biggest pain point of the fediverse: we never specified how an #ActivityPub extension is to be built according to best-practics such that a maximum level of #Interoperability is retained even when the #SocialNetwork balloons by its influx of new participants and apps & service providers.

I don't think our current post-facto interoperability work method - the best-we-have but still poor person's tool - is able to facilitate that kind of growth, and yet people are clamoring for it. Bring it on, they say. But not having much talk on what would be the most likely outcome of that, when it happens.

W3C's smart voice agents report flags fragmentation, privacy gaps: W3C's February 2026 voice agents workshop flagged eight unresolved standards gaps covering interoperability, privacy, hallucination control, and accessibility. https://ppc.land/w3cs-smart-voice-agents-report-flags-fragmentation-privacy-gaps/ #W3C #VoiceAgents #SmartTechnology #Interoperability #Privacy

W3C's smart voice agents report flags fragmentation, privacy gaps: W3C's February 2026 voice agents workshop flagged eight unresolved standards gaps covering interoperability, privacy, hallucination control, and accessibility. https://ppc.land/w3cs-smart-voice-agents-report-flags-fragmentation-privacy-gaps/ #W3C #VoiceAgents #SmartTechnology #Interoperability #Privacy

@reiver

Today "ActivityStreams: Where do you want to go to today?" might be a slogan we borrowed from Microsoft.

The question is whether #ActivityStreams should be used - besides all the things it is already being used for - to also map to file systems.

The #LinkedData nature of #ActivityPub is generally shunned in favor of plain #JSON. That in itself is fine, as long as:

a) information still represents valid #JSONLD.

b) information models still follow data modeling best practices.

c) information models are designed with #interoperability in mind.

Not saying your approach is good or bad, just observing that everyone mapping and overloading their own app-specific semantics to the poor AS vocab looks to me a worst-practice. We can get away with it, as we made post-facto interop the poor man's accepted practice, lacking more rigorous extension process and guidance.

There are likely existing standardized ontologies.

A good thread on #vibecoding and #theFediverse. Excerpt:

"i think this just tests the #protocol and what people want to do with it to the limits, we're seeing vibe coded AT Protocol #PDSes too!

Definitely highlights rough or under defined parts of specs & tests #interoperability."
@thisismissem.social

A good thread on #vibecoding and #theFediverse. Excerpt:

"i think this just tests the #protocol and what people want to do with it to the limits, we're seeing vibe coded AT Protocol #PDSes too!

Definitely highlights rough or under defined parts of specs & tests #interoperability."
@thisismissem.social

@alex @MichalBryxi @evan

> The NoBot isn't app specific fwiw, it's pretty standard.

"pretty" boils down to de-facto standard, or rather it became a sorta kinda requirement by means of post-facto #interoperability. In other words: Who comes first, and popularizes some custom app-specific extension, becomes owner of that part of the spec that is now considered protocol-native.

#NoBot is app-specific too. Or Microblogging domain-specific perhaps, albeit implicitly then.

When it comes to considering it standard, we talk about accepting #ActivityPub protocol decay. Specifically:

- Considering the way account profiles are handled to be part of the protocol.
- To handle special control words (or just #NoBot) in the profile text.

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116113963712755122

#ThoughtProvoker

The #fediverse is a consensus between app #developers on the app #features they want to spend time on to connect with the next app.

Taking care of their own herd, the users that flocked to their platform, they form narrow #interoperability bridges, so a user may graze a bit of the grass in the adjacent meadow that is owned by a fellow dev.

Until now this #app-centric land ownership model works quite well, as a recent #poll with delightful outcome among the lifestock has shown. And for every new land owner we can just build exponential more bridges to connect them all. Right?

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116154415408228188

#SX #SocialCoding #PeopleNotUsers #ReimagineSocial

@hongminhee @COSCUP

As you know I am proponent to emphasize the social aspects more, to drive healthy evolution of the #SocialWeb.

The app-centric #fediverse is a pure technosphere, where a tech-first approach deals with getting app features to the next app, and the #ActivityPub protocol matures via post-facto 'follow-the-leader' #interoperability. What happens in the sociosphere between people using the tech is de-facto of secondary concern, and apps are tweaked to try to deal with externalities. The resulting social landscape has become one of neighboring app kingdoms with guarded borders separating them. Everyone speaks microblog to each other, albeit with thick accents, hard to understand. The fediverse is social *because* of the people, and despite of the tech, that still severely restrains them.

It would be nice if the track name not just indicated a technology name. E.g. https://coding.social uses:

- Fediverse, a peopleverse
- #ReimagineSocial
- #SocialNetworkingReimagined

"The #DocumentFoundation [maker of #LibreOffice] has called on the European Commission in an open letter not to rely solely on #Microsoft's proprietary #XLSX format in the ongoing consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The EU Commission had published a call for feedback on the CRA guidelines on March 3, 2026. Feedback can be submitted exclusively via an XLSX template until March 31, 2026."
https://www.heise.de/en/news/LibreOffice-criticizes-EU-Commission-over-proprietary-XLSX-formats-11202165.html

#Interoperability #OpenSource

"The #DocumentFoundation [maker of #LibreOffice] has called on the European Commission in an open letter not to rely solely on #Microsoft's proprietary #XLSX format in the ongoing consultation on the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The EU Commission had published a call for feedback on the CRA guidelines on March 3, 2026. Feedback can be submitted exclusively via an XLSX template until March 31, 2026."
https://www.heise.de/en/news/LibreOffice-criticizes-EU-Commission-over-proprietary-XLSX-formats-11202165.html

#Interoperability #OpenSource

@hongminhee @COSCUP

As you know I am proponent to emphasize the social aspects more, to drive healthy evolution of the #SocialWeb.

The app-centric #fediverse is a pure technosphere, where a tech-first approach deals with getting app features to the next app, and the #ActivityPub protocol matures via post-facto 'follow-the-leader' #interoperability. What happens in the sociosphere between people using the tech is de-facto of secondary concern, and apps are tweaked to try to deal with externalities. The resulting social landscape has become one of neighboring app kingdoms with guarded borders separating them. Everyone speaks microblog to each other, albeit with thick accents, hard to understand. The fediverse is social *because* of the people, and despite of the tech, that still severely restrains them.

It would be nice if the track name not just indicated a technology name. E.g. https://coding.social uses:

- Fediverse, a peopleverse
- #ReimagineSocial
- #SocialNetworkingReimagined

Even more remarkable is the near complete absence of the #ActivityPub developer community in mingling in the social side of the discussion.

To learn how #fedizens actually *experience* this here fediverse. A #fediverse which results from them tying their apps together, to hopefully get more than the sum of individual parts. By means of facilitating #interoperability, technically speaking. But it involves more than getting that feature across the wire to the next app.

There's exists a clear gap between #sociosphere and #technosphere, where the latter must serve the former to bring real solutions. Otherwise it is all apps and not much seamless social fabric to navigate. No peopleverse anywhere in sight. Just apps and users of them.

The apps see great success, and I enjoy their use a lot. But I don't see a future for the app-centric fediverse where it comes to providing mankind the future of #SocialNetworking.

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116109447243110037

#SX #SocialCoding #SocialWeb

📣 The solution should be the enforcement of "interoperability-by-design".

A broad #interoperability mandate is key for healthy and competitive digital markets.

Without clear rules, deadlines and transparent processes for granting interoperability, many developers will remain excluded from #Apple's controlled ecosystems.

📣 The solution should be the enforcement of "interoperability-by-design".

A broad #interoperability mandate is key for healthy and competitive digital markets.

Without clear rules, deadlines and transparent processes for granting interoperability, many developers will remain excluded from #Apple's controlled ecosystems.

In our latest blog post, we explain our motivation for engaging in standards, reflect on conversations with maintainers, and outline the reasoning behind our current survey. The survey is still open and we encourage you to contribute your perspective.

➡️ Read our blog post: https://www.sovereign.tech/news/open-standards

➡️ Participate in the survey (runs until March, 9th): https://survey.sovereigntechfund.de/999999

#OpenStandards #OpenSource #TechStandards #Interoperability #FOSS

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@david_megginson @ben

Though with regards to progress, there's a difference in both approaches.

At the #SolidProject side you have inertia by the slow standardization process. But should they figure things out in a good way, eventually the ecosystem catches up and the inertia can quickly decrease.

While at #ActivityPub side, since AS/AP remains stagnant, the ever increasing protocol decay and tech debt non-linearly increases inertia and progress. And on top of that, you are never done once you implemented the 'ad-hoc specs' of the installed base, and you have to account for continuous whack-a-mole development and maintenance burdens to fix #interoperability breakages.

The AS/AP based fediverse devolves into effectively no interoperability, and a situation that is more comporative to NPM dependency hell.

Looking for interested developers to review an #RSS approach to handle music metadata for better #interoperability. Details can be found here https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/funkwhale/-/issues/2428.

@freebliss @bandwagon @service
@powerampache
@musicbrainz

Looking for interested developers to review an #RSS approach to handle music metadata for better #interoperability. Details can be found here https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/funkwhale/-/issues/2428.

@freebliss @bandwagon @service
@powerampache
@musicbrainz

Looking for interested developers to review an #RSS approach to handle music metadata for better #interoperability. Details can be found here https://dev.funkwhale.audio/funkwhale/funkwhale/-/issues/2428.

@freebliss @bandwagon @service
@powerampache
@musicbrainz

#ActivityPub, a *great start* providing the key ingredients.

#Fediverse, where things are cooked into a mush, by pragmatic though unsustainable fast-food preparation.

Recipe:

- Mash everything into #ActivityStreams
- Overload the semantic frying pan
- Sprinkle in combinatorial complexities
- Cook until too hot

Then simply keep stirring with increasing whack-a-mole maintenance burdens until project phased out.

Or become the post-facto #interoperability leader and dominate the restaurant chain.

Recipe improvement tips:

- Add #FEP spice to the mix where you can!
- Participate in #SocialCG collective cooking.

@virtualpierogi @sri @jsalvador @ben @nlnet

When it comes to #interoperability there is no way around having consensus on what you interoperate on, and there must be alignment on some kind of Video related domain model that is robust and consistent.

If there were a robust #ActivityPub extension mechanism as well as good development practices and processes for the creation of extension into new business and application domains, then this mechanism can still facilitate app-specific extension on top of such a Video domain specification. It is very common for protocol design to have all kinds of extension points, look e.g. at #ATProto or #CloudEvents.

And more specialized domain extensions can also facilitate further extension in their design. Look e.g. at #ForgeFed AP extension, which allows custom forge-specific metadata collections to be sent with a federated Issue or PR.

@deadsuperhero

Yes. Mastodon has always given their own product decisions precedence over healthy evolution of the ecosystem as a whole. And despite many people being very frustrated about that, I think this is perfectly valid decision. After all choosing to implement an open standard should not come with the obligation to maintain/evolve that standard. It is only smart to do so, and Mastodon did this with an eye on their own product development.

Imho it is really the broader dev ecosystem that is at fault in letting the fedi be taken hostage by past Mastodon decisions, making them the post-facto #interoperability leader. As for Mastodon API I'd argue that its users are not on the fediverse. They are on Mastodon.

Identity management may be killer feature, but only when first a sound #ActivityPub foundation is in place. AS/AP isn't as-yet robust enough to be the future of social networking. I'd say the extensibility mechanism is killer feature, and having SDK's and devtools for that.

@sri @jsalvador @ben @nlnet

The fediverse has been weirdly stuck for many years, driven by app developers who attended first and foremost to their own app projects and only secondary to the technology base the entire app is built upon. There was also hardly funding to do anything else. It may be pragmatic approach, but its not smart, eventually weakening the entire ecosystem. And here we are today, with a mountain of protocol decay and tech debt holding us back.

For many years people, me included, have argued that we should focus on getting robust extensibility mechanisms in place, fill the #ActivityPub holes, and not handwave it to say "yeah it is #LinkedData this and that sorta kinda". #Interoperability requires way more rigour at the protocol level.

Nice effect that #ATProto had, was it opened people's eyes to the benefits of having a sound technology base. The ATProto ecosystems excites newcomers, whereas fedi only frustrates with its high barrier to entry and whack-a-mole dev.

XMPP Extensions and Specifications (XEP)

Read about the new #XMPP #Extensions and #Specifications changes and updates in January 2026:

https://xmpp.org/2026/02/the-xmpp-newsletter-january-2026/#extensions-and-specifications

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #xep #standards #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

Can we imagine to have #interoperability between #matrix #threema and #xmpp? #messenger

I know it’s possible between matrix and xmpp but I never heard that's possible with threema.

I tag @threemaapp @matrix and @xmpp

So great to again dedicated people from the European Commission's #DMA enforcement team, civil society and researchers on the #FOSDEM panel

"#Interoperability regulation in the EU: Opening #iOS and #Android for #FreeSoftware"
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/TQS7LM-interoperability-dma-apple-google/

So great to again dedicated people from the European Commission's #DMA enforcement team, civil society and researchers on the #FOSDEM panel

"#Interoperability regulation in the EU: Opening #iOS and #Android for #FreeSoftware"
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/TQS7LM-interoperability-dma-apple-google/

@maikel re: 12, 13, 14.

I've been on a slow descent into #permaculture and integrating ecological patterns into "regular" life (do "regular" and "regulate" share etymology?), and the "CHAOS" aspect reminds me of nature, where resources aren't piled into silos or shelves or cabinets, but are readily available in adequate quantities all over. Keeping all things into a confined "order" merely means we have to fight the "chaos" of entropy that life has already learned to inhabit. Fighting it is a useless endeavor, usually ;)

Obsidian? Do you mean Obisian.md? I LOVE that #MarkDown tool. I keep a first-level directory on my portable drive solely as a workspace for my Obsidian projects (I have so many, but never too many, aha!). I'm curious about your note taking; have you used #Zotero? I haven't made full use of it, in shame, so if you do, I'm interested in your #workflow and how you structure your thoughts with it.

I second your preference for PDFs. If I might nerd out, I really wish that the #XML family of standards took off for documents; PDFs used to (and some still do) rely on an XML format to bring all of the images and layers and what-have-you into one coherent package: the Portable Document Format (#PDF). If XML had better support across tech ecosystems, our notes (#handwritten, typed, and automatic annotations) could inhabit one coherent substrate, all while preserving the operations and presentations we expect now from siloed formats, but also while enabling #interoperability without reinventing tools that have existed for decades. I could imagine handwritten annotations being re-encoded as Scalable Vector Graphics (#SVG, used on webpages!) and included directly within the document you are annotating: never lost annotations or the document they reference again, because they _can_ stay together.

The beauty of #ActivityPub

Yes, Loops federates, and admins can enable any remote instance video posts to appear in local follower feeds AND you can even include them in the For You page ✨

https://joinloops.org/join-the-beta

#Loops #Fediverse #interoperability

The beauty of #ActivityPub

Yes, Loops federates, and admins can enable any remote instance video posts to appear in local follower feeds AND you can even include them in the For You page ✨

https://joinloops.org/join-the-beta

#Loops #Fediverse #interoperability

The beauty of #ActivityPub

Yes, Loops federates, and admins can enable any remote instance video posts to appear in local follower feeds AND you can even include them in the For You page ✨

https://joinloops.org/join-the-beta

#Loops #Fediverse #interoperability

The beauty of #ActivityPub

Yes, Loops federates, and admins can enable any remote instance video posts to appear in local follower feeds AND you can even include them in the For You page ✨

https://joinloops.org/join-the-beta

#Loops #Fediverse #interoperability

"Threads, however, supports ActivityPub. Users on Threads can choose to share their posts with other Activity Pub servers, including Mastodon." – Well, only if the instance and/or end user decides so.

Surprised the article doesn't mention the absence of algorithm and advertising in the Fediverse. Imho it's a good selling point.

#threads #activitypub #interoperability #algorithm #advertising

"Threads, however, supports ActivityPub. Users on Threads can choose to share their posts with other Activity Pub servers, including Mastodon." – Well, only if the instance and/or end user decides so.

Surprised the article doesn't mention the absence of algorithm and advertising in the Fediverse. Imho it's a good selling point.

#threads #activitypub #interoperability #algorithm #advertising

Interview with @pluralistic at The Daily Show!

With special mention for Mastodon! This was excellent! I highly recommend watching it!👇✨

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-c9SF5nE

#Enshittification #Facebook #Mastodon #Fediverse #Interoperability

Interview with @pluralistic at The Daily Show!

With special mention for Mastodon! This was excellent! I highly recommend watching it!👇✨

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-c9SF5nE

#Enshittification #Facebook #Mastodon #Fediverse #Interoperability

Interview with @pluralistic at The Daily Show!

With special mention for Mastodon! This was excellent! I highly recommend watching it!👇✨

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2e-c9SF5nE

#Enshittification #Facebook #Mastodon #Fediverse #Interoperability

Today we launch the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) with project contributions of MCP (Anthropic), goose (Block) and AGENTS.md (OpenAI), creating a shared ecosystem for tools, standards, and community-driven innovation.

Learn more about this major step toward open, interoperable agentic AI: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation

#AgenticAI #AAIF #OpenSourceAI #AIStandards #Interoperability #OpenInnovation #LinuxFoundation #Anthropic #Block #OpenAI #MCP #goose #AGENTSmd #FOSS #TechNews

Today we launch the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) with project contributions of MCP (Anthropic), goose (Block) and AGENTS.md (OpenAI), creating a shared ecosystem for tools, standards, and community-driven innovation.

Learn more about this major step toward open, interoperable agentic AI: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-foundation-announces-the-formation-of-the-agentic-ai-foundation

#AgenticAI #AAIF #OpenSourceAI #AIStandards #Interoperability #OpenInnovation #LinuxFoundation #Anthropic #Block #OpenAI #MCP #goose #AGENTSmd #FOSS #TechNews

The XMPP Newsletter for November 2025 is out!

Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!

https://xmpp.org/2025/12/the-xmpp-newsletter-november-2025/

Enjoy reading!

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

The XMPP Newsletter for November 2025 is out!

Read about the latest updates in the #XMPP universe and our #standards!

https://xmpp.org/2025/12/the-xmpp-newsletter-november-2025/

Enjoy reading!

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

⏰ The deadline to submit a proposal for the @w3c workshop on Smart Voice Agents (Feb 2026, virtual) is 27 Nov 2025!

Smart voice agents need clearer use cases, stronger #interoperability, better #LLM -based interaction, and improved accuracy, #accessibility, and multilingual support. Broader concerns include device coordination, #privacy, #security, regulatory gaps and emerging business models.

Don’t miss your chance to present your work and submit now: https://www.w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop/

⏰ The deadline to submit a proposal for the @w3c workshop on Smart Voice Agents (Feb 2026, virtual) is 27 Nov 2025!

Smart voice agents need clearer use cases, stronger #interoperability, better #LLM -based interaction, and improved accuracy, #accessibility, and multilingual support. Broader concerns include device coordination, #privacy, #security, regulatory gaps and emerging business models.

Don’t miss your chance to present your work and submit now: https://www.w3.org/2025/10/smartagents-workshop/

✈️ The @NGICommons team is heading to Brussels (20–21 Nov) for the #DigitalCommonsPolicySummit2025!

Panels include MEPs, EC officials, open-source leaders, and Commons communities. All focused on building a resilient, interoperable, public-interest digital ecosystem

Stay tuned for more updates!
https://commons.ngi.eu/2025/11/20/ngi-commons-consortium-heads-to-brussels-for-high-level-digital-policy-summit/

#DigitalCommons #NGI #EU #OpenSource #Interoperability #DigitalSovereignty #Brussels

@martelinnovate @cnrs @linuxfoundation @openfuture @OpenForumEurope

We're back to hear more bashing on the regulation that's helping us not demolish our own security like the US is and UK has. This time from Ralf Wintergerst, President, Bitkom in the context of

The EUDI Wallet: A Key Enabler in Building a Digital Europe Rooted in Sovereignty, Trust and #Interoperability

(everyone is talking about interoperability today but no one can pronounce it :-D I shouldn't joke my German and French are also terrible.) #digitalsovereignty #digitalGovernance #AIEthics

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

Just opened an issue for a major new task for #Fedify: building an #interoperability smoke test suite.

To ensure Fedify-built servers federate correctly with the wider #fediverse, we're planning to run automated E2E tests in #CI against live instances of Mastodon, Misskey, and more. This is crucial for a framework's reliability.

You can see the full plan and discussion here:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/481

#ActivityPub #fedidev

#XSF Announcement

The #XMPP #Standards Foundation is excited to announce the 28th XMPP #Summit taking place in #Brussels, #Belgium next year - just before #FOSDEM 2026.

https://xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-28/

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

#XSF Announcement

The #XMPP #Standards Foundation is excited to announce the 28th XMPP #Summit taking place in #Brussels, #Belgium next year - just before #FOSDEM 2026.

https://xmpp.org/2025/11/xmpp-summit-28/

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc #opensource #decentralization #federation #messaging #newsletter

At the October 2025 "W3C in Europe🇪🇺 " meeting, @simone, @w3c #security lead, discussed digital identity standards in Europe and related security challenges. He outlined the move from centralized to federated and decentralized identity models, supported by W3C technologies like #WebAuthn, Verifiable Credentials, DIDs, and the Digital Credentials API. Key challenges include #interoperability across EU states and protecting privacy and human rights.

🎬 Watch: https://youtu.be/qEGkGoxvjrI

At the October 2025 "W3C in Europe🇪🇺 " meeting, @simone, @w3c #security lead, discussed digital identity standards in Europe and related security challenges. He outlined the move from centralized to federated and decentralized identity models, supported by W3C technologies like #WebAuthn, Verifiable Credentials, DIDs, and the Digital Credentials API. Key challenges include #interoperability across EU states and protecting privacy and human rights.

🎬 Watch: https://youtu.be/qEGkGoxvjrI

🔧🌍 It’s #WorldStandardsDay!

Every 14 October, we celebrate the unsung heroes of international collaboration — the experts behind voluntary technical standards developed by IEC, ISO & ITU.

This year’s theme: a shared vision for a better world. 🌱
https://commons.ngi.eu/event/seminar-interoperability-day-2025/

In NL, @forumstandaardisatie is marking the day with “Interoperability Day,” diving into #Cloud and #DataSovereignty 🇳🇱

#Standards #Interoperability #DigitalSovereignty #TechPolicy #OpenStandards

Check out the new @bonfire Social release candidate. What a wonderful well-designed experience, and superb release notes!

https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0rc3/

🎉 Congratulations to the #Bonfire team @ivan and @mayel for making it this far, through all that tireless hard work. And also to @nlnet and @ngi for supporting this important project. Future of social networking in the making.

To #ActivityPub developers, have a look at those great #fediverse #Interoperability docs:

https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/federation-interoperability.html

Check out the new @bonfire Social release candidate. What a wonderful well-designed experience, and superb release notes!

https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0rc3/

🎉 Congratulations to the #Bonfire team @ivan and @mayel for making it this far, through all that tireless hard work. And also to @nlnet and @ngi for supporting this important project. Future of social networking in the making.

To #ActivityPub developers, have a look at those great #fediverse #Interoperability docs:

https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/federation-interoperability.html

Check out the new @bonfire Social release candidate. What a wonderful well-designed experience, and superb release notes!

https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0rc3/

🎉 Congratulations to the #Bonfire team @ivan and @mayel for making it this far, through all that tireless hard work. And also to @nlnet and @ngi for supporting this important project. Future of social networking in the making.

To #ActivityPub developers, have a look at those great #fediverse #Interoperability docs:

https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/federation-interoperability.html

Check out the new @bonfire Social release candidate. What a wonderful well-designed experience, and superb release notes!

https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0rc3/

🎉 Congratulations to the #Bonfire team @ivan and @mayel for making it this far, through all that tireless hard work. And also to @nlnet and @ngi for supporting this important project. Future of social networking in the making.

To #ActivityPub developers, have a look at those great #fediverse #Interoperability docs:

https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/federation-interoperability.html

Check out the new @bonfire Social release candidate. What a wonderful well-designed experience, and superb release notes!

https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bonfire-social-1-0rc3/

🎉 Congratulations to the #Bonfire team @ivan and @mayel for making it this far, through all that tireless hard work. And also to @nlnet and @ngi for supporting this important project. Future of social networking in the making.

To #ActivityPub developers, have a look at those great #fediverse #Interoperability docs:

https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/federation-interoperability.html

📢 Curious about Baseline, developer surveys, or the web platform's evolution? And how individual #developers can get involved and make their voice heard?

The @w3c WebDX #CommunityGroup is hosting an #AMA on Reddit, on September 18 starting at 9:00am ET!

Post your questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1ncq269/we_are_the_w3c_webdx_community_group_working_to/

#AskMeAnything #baseline #interoperability #compatibility #WebPlatform

📢 Curious about Baseline, developer surveys, or the web platform's evolution? And how individual #developers can get involved and make their voice heard?

The @w3c WebDX #CommunityGroup is hosting an #AMA on Reddit, on September 18 starting at 9:00am ET!

Post your questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1ncq269/we_are_the_w3c_webdx_community_group_working_to/

#AskMeAnything #baseline #interoperability #compatibility #WebPlatform

📢 Curious about Baseline, developer surveys, or the web platform's evolution? And how individual #developers can get involved and make their voice heard?

The @w3c WebDX #CommunityGroup is hosting an #AMA on Reddit, on September 18 starting at 9:00am ET!

Post your questions at https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/1ncq269/we_are_the_w3c_webdx_community_group_working_to/

#AskMeAnything #baseline #interoperability #compatibility #WebPlatform

💡 Governments play a crucial role to support the #DigitalCommons.

@ChristopherWilson (from @MyDataglobal) highlights their vital role and emphasises that the design challenge is also a key consideration.

Let’s build systems that serve people, not platforms.
https://commons.ngi.eu/videos/

#FOSS #PublicTech #Interoperability #Data #DigitalCommons

@martelinnovate @OpenForumEurope @openfuture @cnrs @linuxfoundation @ngi

New: #DeAppleification project 🍏

Good hardware, if overpriced ✔️

Bad software & services, deliberately lacking #interoperability ❌

Today, I shut off Apple's closed #iMessage service entirely. Now using #Beeper as a universal inbox, with #Signal, #WhatsApp & #Slack DMs ✅

Goal: shutting off all 🍏 services will make it much easier to switch to cheaper hardware in future. Which is why Apple’s entire business model depends on tying their hardware to their software & services

#RefusalToSupply

Web Extensions let users customize their browsers by altering their behaviors and page content through small applications developed by third party #developers. This proposed new @w3c Web Extensions #WorkingGroup aims to standardize a common core of cross-browser extension #APIs that has emerged from recent progress in #interoperability, making cross-browser extension development easier.

▶️ https://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/2025/webextensions-wg.html

Feedback and input welcome: https://github.com/w3c/charter-drafts/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20title%3A [wg/webextensions]

Web Extensions let users customize their browsers by altering their behaviors and page content through small applications developed by third party #developers. This proposed new @w3c Web Extensions #WorkingGroup aims to standardize a common core of cross-browser extension #APIs that has emerged from recent progress in #interoperability, making cross-browser extension development easier.

▶️ https://w3c.github.io/charter-drafts/2025/webextensions-wg.html

Feedback and input welcome: https://github.com/w3c/charter-drafts/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20title%3A [wg/webextensions]

Looking for a consulting gig working on a cool open-source interoperability project? Consider responding to this RFP from the Lyrasis Organizational Home for Community Supported Techologies! https://lyrasis.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Lyrasis-Interoperability-Project-RFP-2025.pdf
#glam #oss #interoperability #fedihire

Looking for a consulting gig working on a cool open-source interoperability project? Consider responding to this RFP from the Lyrasis Organizational Home for Community Supported Techologies! https://lyrasis.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Lyrasis-Interoperability-Project-RFP-2025.pdf
#glam #oss #interoperability #fedihire

"Most modern consumer #messaging platforms...support end-to-end #encryption, but users today are limited to communicating with contacts who use the same platform. This is why Google is strongly supportive of regulatory efforts that require #interoperability" https://security.googleblog.com/2023/07/an-important-step-towards-secure-and.html

#Apple: We need to lock down devices against #competition to protect user #privacy!

Researchers: The #AppleWatch collects vast amounts of intimate #health and #fitness data. Users have little choice regarding how this data is processed. We publicly #reverseengineer the watch's wireless protocols and discovered multiple #security issues. We break out of Apple's #WalledGarden demonstrating practical #interoperability with enhanced privacy controls and data autonomy."

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07210

#Apple: We need to lock down devices against #competition to protect user #privacy!

Researchers: The #AppleWatch collects vast amounts of intimate #health and #fitness data. Users have little choice regarding how this data is processed. We publicly #reverseengineer the watch's wireless protocols and discovered multiple #security issues. We break out of Apple's #WalledGarden demonstrating practical #interoperability with enhanced privacy controls and data autonomy."

https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.07210

So many #BigTech alternative services are finally getting to the point they are mainstream consumer-ready - which is *essential* if they are going to grow into serious challengers 👏

I'm now hosting all my own videos on @peertube. Bye #YouTube! #interoperability https://p.lu/c/interoperability/videos

Looking forward v much to our discussion this morning at the UK's Competition & Markets Authority on #interoperability: lessons (for the #DMCCA) from #telecoms regulation!

Tim Cowen (Preiskell & Co. antitrust chair) and Prof. @chrismarsden.bsky.social are both world authorities on this topic 👀 And we have a surprise guest to talk about payments & water regulation lessons!

Here are my background slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SBE2-MOzPn5wvsL7XhYqfmGEbJ7W1FvV6frq5VeXlL8/edit?usp=sharing

#Threads "reached 100m sign-ups faster than any other app in history, which you can partly attribute to its linkage to #Instagram and streamlined profile creation via your IG info. But even so, it’ll go down as a record either way, while Threads also reached 100m active users in just a few months." #interoperability #DMA #DMCCA #Meta #SelfPreferencing

From: @tchambers
https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/114811908883686443

#Threads "reached 100m sign-ups faster than any other app in history, which you can partly attribute to its linkage to #Instagram and streamlined profile creation via your IG info. But even so, it’ll go down as a record either way, while Threads also reached 100m active users in just a few months." #interoperability #DMA #DMCCA #Meta #SelfPreferencing

From: @tchambers
https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/114811908883686443

Looking forward v much to our discussion this morning at the UK's Competition & Markets Authority on #interoperability: lessons (for the #DMCCA) from #telecoms regulation!

Tim Cowen (Preiskell & Co. antitrust chair) and Prof. @chrismarsden.bsky.social are both world authorities on this topic 👀 And we have a surprise guest to talk about payments & water regulation lessons!

Here are my background slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1SBE2-MOzPn5wvsL7XhYqfmGEbJ7W1FvV6frq5VeXlL8/edit?usp=sharing

#Meta announces at its #DMA #compliance workshop it is working closely with another company which wants to launch the first interoperable messaging service with #WhatsApp 🥳

Less positively, Meta is rejecting #interoperability requests from non-messaging services, and business-focused services 🤨

I don't find #Meta's claims that other companies just don't want #interoperability very convincing 🙄

But until @EUCommission designates OTHER gatekeeper #NIICS, it is unsurprising #Meta will push back at every opportunity, since the firm cannot take advantage of any OTHER #gatekeeper offer #DMA

Thank you @EUCommission for committing (at the end of today's #compliance workshop) to further explore the geolocalisation obstacles #Meta is imposing on #DMA #interoperability for #NIICS! And good work @Amandine for raising the problem so clearly 👏

Thank you @EUCommission for committing (at the end of today's #compliance workshop) to further explore the geolocalisation obstacles #Meta is imposing on #DMA #interoperability for #NIICS! And good work @Amandine for raising the problem so clearly 👏

I don't find #Meta's claims that other companies just don't want #interoperability very convincing 🙄

But until @EUCommission designates OTHER gatekeeper #NIICS, it is unsurprising #Meta will push back at every opportunity, since the firm cannot take advantage of any OTHER #gatekeeper offer #DMA

#Meta announces at its #DMA #compliance workshop it is working closely with another company which wants to launch the first interoperable messaging service with #WhatsApp 🥳

Less positively, Meta is rejecting #interoperability requests from non-messaging services, and business-focused services 🤨

Live from the #fediverse… has the #DMA failed? So far, lackadaisical policing by @filomenac.bsky.social and friends means Article 7's very hard fought #interoperability provisions are going nowhere fast 😭 PS Shame the @ec.europa.eu doesn't have much of a presence on #Mastodon 🧐

@ex_06 @laurenshof 💯 More here on the #DMA to date including on #WhatsApp #interoperability /cc @Amandine https://www.ianbrown.tech/2025/02/14/digital-competition-law-reform-down-under-🦘/

I was sad we didn’t have live translation for our #interoperability workshop, although the live transcription & rapid video publication hopefully helped non-English speakers with access to translation/interpretation tools. Meta’s smart glasses demo of the latter was amazing 😳 #BabelFish #IGF2025

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jxlyustxwaohron4vq5zzflc/post/3lsgmztkwbe27

Hot off the press! My new analysis: #Security, #privacy and the @EUCommission’s proposed #iOS #interoperability requirements for connected devices under the Digital Markets Act #DMA https://hdl.handle.net/10438/36526

@ex_06 @laurenshof 💯 More here on the #DMA to date including on #WhatsApp #interoperability /cc @Amandine https://www.ianbrown.tech/2025/02/14/digital-competition-law-reform-down-under-🦘/

@tchambers @laurenshof @1br0wn Panel #video should also be available from my PeerTube #interoperability channel 📺 #privacy #fediverse #DMA https://p.lu/c/interoperability/videos

@tchambers @laurenshof @1br0wn Panel #video should also be available from my PeerTube #interoperability channel 📺 #privacy #fediverse #DMA https://p.lu/c/interoperability/videos

Will next week's Internet Governance Forum in Oslo be the final #igf? Some at the #UN hope so…

It would be quite a mistake to hand more power to the Member States at the expense of all the multistakeholders who have contributed so much over the years to the flying circus!

Don't miss our Tuesday lunchtime workshop: #Privacy-Preserving #Interoperability and the #Fediverse!
https://igf2025.sched.com/event/246Ho?iframe=no

I was sad we didn’t have live translation for our #interoperability workshop, although the live transcription & rapid video publication hopefully helped non-English speakers with access to translation/interpretation tools. Meta’s smart glasses demo of the latter was amazing 😳 #BabelFish #IGF2025

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:jxlyustxwaohron4vq5zzflc/post/3lsgmztkwbe27

Just dropped a new article on the VEX.blue BETA site: Connect your Bluesky account to the Fediverse

Want your Bsky posts to show up on Mastodon? Or your Mastodon account to be visible on Bsky?

This guide walks you through using bsky.brid.gy and ap.brid.gy so your posts & profile can talk to others across platforms.

Reply via your timeline 🌀
https://new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/06/bsky-fedi

#Fediverse #Bluesky #Mastodon #OpenWeb #ATProtocol #ActivityPub #Interoperability #SocialMedia #TechTutorial #VEXblue

Just dropped a new article on the VEX.blue BETA site: Connect your Bluesky account to the Fediverse

Want your Bsky posts to show up on Mastodon? Or your Mastodon account to be visible on Bsky?

This guide walks you through using bsky.brid.gy and ap.brid.gy so your posts & profile can talk to others across platforms.

Reply via your timeline 🌀
https://new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/06/bsky-fedi

#Fediverse #Bluesky #Mastodon #OpenWeb #ATProtocol #ActivityPub #Interoperability #SocialMedia #TechTutorial #VEXblue

Just dropped a new article on the VEX.blue BETA site: Connect your Bluesky account to the Fediverse

Want your Bsky posts to show up on Mastodon? Or your Mastodon account to be visible on Bsky?

This guide walks you through using bsky.brid.gy and ap.brid.gy so your posts & profile can talk to others across platforms.

Reply via your timeline 🌀
https://new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/06/bsky-fedi

#Fediverse #Bluesky #Mastodon #OpenWeb #ATProtocol #ActivityPub #Interoperability #SocialMedia #TechTutorial #VEXblue

Just dropped a new article on the VEX.blue BETA site: Connect your Bluesky account to the Fediverse

Want your Bsky posts to show up on Mastodon? Or your Mastodon account to be visible on Bsky?

This guide walks you through using bsky.brid.gy and ap.brid.gy so your posts & profile can talk to others across platforms.

Reply via your timeline 🌀
https://new.vex.blue/articles/2024/09/06/bsky-fedi

#Fediverse #Bluesky #Mastodon #OpenWeb #ATProtocol #ActivityPub #Interoperability #SocialMedia #TechTutorial #VEXblue

Will next week's Internet Governance Forum in Oslo be the final #igf? Some at the #UN hope so…

It would be quite a mistake to hand more power to the Member States at the expense of all the multistakeholders who have contributed so much over the years to the flying circus!

Don't miss our Tuesday lunchtime workshop: #Privacy-Preserving #Interoperability and the #Fediverse!
https://igf2025.sched.com/event/246Ho?iframe=no

Live from the #fediverse… has the #DMA failed? So far, lackadaisical policing by @filomenac.bsky.social and friends means Article 7's very hard fought #interoperability provisions are going nowhere fast 😭 PS Shame the @ec.europa.eu doesn't have much of a presence on #Mastodon 🧐

Threads Launches Fediverse Feed, Sparking Strategic Debate

#Threads #Fediverse #Meta #ActivityPub #SocialMedia #Decentralization #TechNews #OpenSocialWeb #Interoperability

https://winbuzzer.com/2025/06/17/threads-launches-fediverse-feed-sparking-strategic-debate-xcxwbn/

#PrivacyProtection 🔒 Unlike Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, XTwitter, decentralised networks don’t harvest your data for profit: You are in #fullcontrol!

#DigitalFreedom 🚀 #Decentralization prevents corporate control, ensuring #freespeech and #communitydriven moderation: Open standards ensure #interoperability and foster #innovation.

👉 #Fedizens in the #Fediverse ⁂ on #ActivityPub: https://Fedizen.EU (2/2)

This video is a colorful introduction to the #fediverse guided by filmmaker & Fediverse advocate #elenarossini Watch now to discover a whole new world of social media, one where #privacy is respected, users are empowered, and #BigTech has no say.
What a simple, powerful statement about the fediverse by @_elena in her amazing movie. Thanks a lot!!!
#mastodon #pixelfed #friendica #peertube #gotosocial #yunohost #interoperability #akkoma
https://videos.elenarossini.com/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN

Good morning Fedi friends!

I'm adding additional foreign language subtitles to my fediverse intro video (premiering this afternoon at #FediForum, then launching widely on Monday).

Proud to have Czech subs thanks to the generous help of @jan (whose avatar has a little cameo in the video, in the section about #interoperability).

Current subs:
🇬🇧 English
🇫🇷 French
🇧🇷 Brazilian Portuguese
🇨🇿 Czech

Soon:
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish
🇩🇪 German

Thank you for the support! Wishing you all a lovely day 🌞

#ReleaseMonday — New version (v0.27.0) of https://thi.ng/genart-api, a platform-independent extensible API for browser-based computational/algorithmic/generative art projects:

This version features an overhaul of the platform provided PRNG (pseudo-random number generator) handling and makes it easier to create multiple PRNGs for artworks which require/desire them...

Related section in the README:
https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/blob/main/README.md#determinism--prng-provision

Also, just as a reminder, the project has:

- no external dependencies
- adapters for 3 art platforms (EditArt, fxhash, Layer)
- 6 example projects
- testing/dev sandbox with two parameter editors
- WebAssembly bindings & demo (currently for #Zig only)

Happy coding! :)

#GenArtAPI #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #ProceduralArt #Art #OpenSource #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #JavaScript #WebAssembly #WASM #Ziglang

New: #DeAppleification project 🍏

Good hardware, if overpriced ✔️

Bad software & services, deliberately lacking #interoperability ❌

Today, I shut off Apple's closed #iMessage service entirely. Now using #Beeper as a universal inbox, with #Signal, #WhatsApp & #Slack DMs ✅

Goal: shutting off all 🍏 services will make it much easier to switch to cheaper hardware in future. Which is why Apple’s entire business model depends on tying their hardware to their software & services

#RefusalToSupply

NICE! @ivory now showing proper previews of Bluesky links, looking just like a quote-post of a native Fediverse post! #Interoperability for the win! /cc @wavesblog

NICE! @ivory now showing proper previews of Bluesky links, looking just like a quote-post of a native Fediverse post! #Interoperability for the win! /cc @wavesblog

I'm hiring a PhD student in Copenhagen, Denmark to do #HCI research on #privacy and #interoperability in messaging apps!

This is a fully funded 3-year position in the Copenhagen campus of Aalborg University. The student will join my project "mInt" (for "messaging interoperability" ;)) and will be co-supervised by me and @nielsvanberkel .

More info and application form here: https://www.stillinger.aau.dk/phd-stillinger/vis-stilling/vacancyId/1219575. Deadline is May 18.

#hci #interoperability #messaging #dma #phd

#XMPP Community

XMPP #Sprint in #Berlin on 23rd - 25th May 2025! It is open to all interested.

More details: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2025-05_Berlin

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #standard

#XMPP Community

XMPP #Sprint in #Berlin on 23rd - 25th May 2025! It is open to all interested.

More details: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Sprints/2025-05_Berlin

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #standard

I'm hiring a PhD student in Copenhagen, Denmark to do #HCI research on #privacy and #interoperability in messaging apps!

This is a fully funded 3-year position in the Copenhagen campus of Aalborg University. The student will join my project "mInt" (for "messaging interoperability" ;)) and will be co-supervised by me and @nielsvanberkel .

More info and application form here: https://www.stillinger.aau.dk/phd-stillinger/vis-stilling/vacancyId/1219575. Deadline is May 18.

#hci #interoperability #messaging #dma #phd

I'm hiring a PhD student in Copenhagen, Denmark to do #HCI research on #privacy and #interoperability in messaging apps!

This is a fully funded 3-year position in the Copenhagen campus of Aalborg University. The student will join my project "mInt" (for "messaging interoperability" ;)) and will be co-supervised by me and @nielsvanberkel .

More info and application form here: https://www.stillinger.aau.dk/phd-stillinger/vis-stilling/vacancyId/1219575. Deadline is May 18.

#hci #interoperability #messaging #dma #phd

What happened to 'interoperability by design'?

In December, 2024, the @EUCommission had proposed an interesting path for Apple to achieve higher standards of interoperability under the #DMA. The final version excluded several of these requirements.

A coalition of organisations and experts, have weighted the positives and negatives of the final decision of how developers can request #interoperability from #Apple.

https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250403-01.html

#XSF Announcement

Today the #XMPP Standards Foundation publishes an Open Letter to urge #Meta to adopt XMPP for messaging #interoperability.

It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen.

https://xmpp.org/announcements/open-letter-meta-dma/

#jabber #chat #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #standard #dma

#XSF Announcement

Today the #XMPP Standards Foundation publishes an Open Letter to urge #Meta to adopt XMPP for messaging #interoperability.

It’s time for real interoperability. Let’s make it happen.

https://xmpp.org/announcements/open-letter-meta-dma/

#jabber #chat #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #standard #dma

Hot off the press! My new analysis: #Security, #privacy and the @EUCommission’s proposed #iOS #interoperability requirements for connected devices under the Digital Markets Act #DMA https://hdl.handle.net/10438/36526

The #chatmail #fosdem talk from @compl4xx is public. It goes into topics such as

- why chatmail servers?
- how to setup a server with your child
- (avoiding) spam filtering
- metadata and guaranteed end to end encryption in #deltachat
- #cryptographic #interoperability for email message routing

Thanks to attendees for the great energy even if was the last talk on the day and also for questions and conversations afterwards!

https://ftp.fau.de/fosdem/2025/k4601/fosdem-2025-5217-chatmail-server-networks-for-anonymous-end-to-end-encrypted-messaging.mp4

The #chatmail #fosdem talk from @compl4xx is public. It goes into topics such as

- why chatmail servers?
- how to setup a server with your child
- (avoiding) spam filtering
- metadata and guaranteed end to end encryption in #deltachat
- #cryptographic #interoperability for email message routing

Thanks to attendees for the great energy even if was the last talk on the day and also for questions and conversations afterwards!

https://ftp.fau.de/fosdem/2025/k4601/fosdem-2025-5217-chatmail-server-networks-for-anonymous-end-to-end-encrypted-messaging.mp4

I have high respect for the head of the German competition agency, but I think his speech today is straying perilously into #FDP (German liberals) territory about deregulation and “entrepreneurial freedom”, especially unwise in the run-up to the German election next month #interoperability #ThePerfectStorm

Benoit Couré (head of French competition authority #ADLC) regulation can achieve a lot which competition enforcement cannot, including via functional equivalence and #interoperability 💯 #ThePerfectStorm

The #XMPP Newsletter for December 2024 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

https://xmpp.org/2025/01/the-xmpp-newsletter-december-2024/

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization

The #XMPP Newsletter for December 2024 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

https://xmpp.org/2025/01/the-xmpp-newsletter-december-2024/

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization

Another day, another #GenArtAPI release (v0.25.0):

This update mainly features the new `@genart-api/wasm` package, providing Zig & TypeScript bindings for core GenArtAPI functionality (i.e. so far mostly parameter handling).

This WASM bridge/integration is designed as an API module for the https://thi.ng/wasm-api toolchain. Installation & build instructions are in the readme.

New package homepage:
https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/tree/main/packages/wasm

Example project (w/ param editor):
https://demo.thi.ng/genart-api/param-editors/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdemo.thi.ng%2Fgenart-api%2Fzig-test%2F

Example Zig source code:
https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/blob/main/examples/zig-test/zig/main.zig

#GenArtAPI #GenerativeArt #Art #OpenSource #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #WebAssembly #WASM #Zig #Ziglang

New release of https://thi.ng/genart-api (v0.24.0) — a platform-independent extensible API for browser-based computational/algorithmic/generative art projects:

This release contains quite a few new features, as well as several important fixes for bugs which were accidentally introduced in the two most recent versions...

- extracted the debug time provider & FPS overlay to separate package
- updated `bigint` param handling (esp. randomization)
- added `collector` and `iteration` metadata accessors
- updated platform adapters (esp. the #fxhash one)
- fixed image & ramp param handling
- added a bunch of utilities to core API to deduplicate code in various adapters
- updated/fixed examples & docs
- added more tests (and updated core API to be more testable outside the browser)

All changes since v0.21.0:
https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/compare/v0.21.0...v0.24.0

🎉

#GenArtAPI #GenerativeArt #Art #OpenSource #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #JavaScript

#ReleaseFriday (1st release cycle of 2025) 🎉 — New additions & updates to https://thi.ng/genart-api, a platform-independent extensible API for browser-based computational/algorithmic/generative art projects:

- Added https://fxhash.xyz platform adapter (incl. support & adaptations for 10 of the 17 built-in GenArtAPI param types)
- Added `bigint` & `binary` data param types
- Updated parameter type definitions & factories (date, datetime, time, numlist, strlist, text, vector)
- Ensure any given default values are valid (and can be coerced)
- Added MurmurHash3 (128 bit version) functions (e.g. seed PRNGs)
- Added tests for all parameter types (factory functions & implementations)
- Added tests for utility functions
- Added GitHub actions (running tests)
- Various API docs updates, clarifications & fixes
- Update/refactor EditArt & Layer platform adapters
- Updated main & adapter readmes

New adapter package `@genart-api/adapter-fxhash`:
https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/tree/main/packages/adapter-fxhash

Commits since last release:
https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/compare/v0.20.0...v0.21.0

#GenArtAPI #ComputationalArt #AlgorithmicArt #GenerativeArt #Art #OpenSource #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #JavaScript #Genuary

Another new release of #GenArtAPI (v0.20.0), due to some urgent additions & updates of partially outdated documentation and refactoring/cleaning up of some parameter types. This project already contains more docs than code and because things are moving so fast, I forgot to update some parts... (Sorry for any confusion caused...)

Other notable updates:

- Simplified the core API's param value getter for obtaining time-based or randomized values (please check docs[1])
- Updated vector param definition
- Added a `.configure()` method for the EditArt platform adapter to allow manual selection of adapted params (to override the default auto-selection)[2]

You can see all the changes since the last release here:
https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/compare/v0.19.0...v0.20.0

[1] https://docs.thi.ng/genart-api/core/interfaces/GenArtAPI.html#getparamvalue-1
[2] https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/tree/main/packages/adapter-editart#selection

#GenerativeArt #Art #OpenSource #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #JavaScript

#ReleaseSunday and already second #GenArtAPI update this week, plus the addition of a new platform adapter package for publishing artwork to https://editart.xyz (ready ahead of #Genuary2025 😉)... (cc/ @pifragile)

This new release (all packages at v0.19.0 now) also includes several updates to API docs and adapter readme's:

- https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api
- https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/tree/main/packages/adapter-editart
- https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/tree/main/packages/adapter

All implementations are WIP (but fully functional, to the best of my knowledge!). If there's demand, I'm considering adding more parameter type adaptations also for the EditArt adapater (e.g. to support vector/XY params, as already done for the Layer adapter...)

Since I've been told "people/artists don't read anymore", tonight I'm starting to record a video walkthrough, wish me luck! :)

#GenerativeArt #Art #OpenSource #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #JavaScript

New release of https://thi.ng/genart-api, a modular cross-platform API/SDK for browser-based computational/algorithmic/generative art projects, helping to reduce artists' efforts to adapt work for different art platforms/environments/uses/workflows.

Main new v0.18.0 additions:

- The param editor reference implementation now groups parameters by their declared group and sorts them by given order (both optional)
- The `@genart-api/adapter-layer` package supports adaptations/translations for more param types, incl. vectors, which are not yet natively supported by that platform. E.g. vectors will be transparently represented as multiple, separate numeric params on the platform side, but your artwork is blissfully unaware of this and still only would deal with vectors. The platform adapter does all the reconcilation and handling of param changes...
- Started adding tests
- Updated API docs & readme's

As always, feedback highly appreciated — this project is in active development...

I'm aware, the target audience for this larger project is quite limited, but the benefits are real (and palpable!), not just for artists in this field (but especially for them!)... I'll do my best to illustrate the (recurring) problems being solved here, demystify some of the concepts and squeeze in recording a short(ish) video showing how to develop a small project from scratch using this system/setup and then repurpose it and show related tools still in development...

#GenArtAPI #Art #GenerativeArt #AlgorithmicArt #Parameters #Interoperability #OpenSource #TypeScript #JavaScript

#ReleaseFriday (the 13th) — New version (v0.17.0) of https://thi.ng/genart-api with the following updates:

- Added platform adapter IDs for use with external editors/tooling
- Updated editors[1] to check for platform adapter & API version compatibility, display warnings if needed...
- Added/migrated three different seedable PRNG implementations in API core package (SFC32, XorShift128, XsAdd). These are completely independent and can be used by platform adapters and/or artworks (also multiple instances)
- Initial release of first platform adapter for an upcoming art platform (currently invite only)
- Restructured all example projects
- Updated readme & API docs (https://docs.thi.ng/genart-api/core/)

[1] The param editor/sandbox requires your artwork to use the latest version of these packages: `@genart-api/core` and `@genart-api/adapter-urlparams`.

https://demo.thi.ng/genart-api/param-editors/

New improved version (of editor) with many more features (incl. variation/preset management) is in the works...

#GenArtAPI #OpenSource #GenerativeArt #Art #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #JavaScript

Major #GenArtAPI project updates from this past week:

https://thi.ng/genart-api

- Restructured the project as monorepo, splitting out core API and platform adapter(s) as separate packages
- Switched package scope from `@thi.ng` to `@genart-api` to highlight project/platform independence (not directly related with other thi.ng projects).
- Published new packages: `@genart-api/core` and `@genart-api/adapter-urlparams`
- Moved API docs to https://docs.thi.ng/genart-api/core/
- Added support for n-dimensional vector parameters and added support in the reference platform adapter and in param editor
- Updated all examples & parameter editor. The latter is now only compatible with this latest API version (v0.16.0)
- Updated docs/readme

If you want to find out more, the project readme has _a lot_ more information. Also feel free to get in touch with any questions/proposals!

#GenArtAPI #OpenSource #GenerativeArt #Art #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #JavaScript

It just dawned on me that I haven't been mentioning five(!) recent https://thi.ng/genart-api updates, all from the past month... 😱

The latest version (v0.14.0, just released) is largely about an overhaul of messaging related functionality and also addresses use cases related to managing multiple artworks embedded (via `<iframe>`s) in a single document/page (think: online gallery scenarios...)

If you're already using GenArtAPI message/event listeners in your own artwork, you might have to rename some of them. This commit has the important details:

https://github.com/thi-ng/genart-api/commit/35b627d7380bad75d280cc1e051ec7ed23aa8995

Also, the online parameter editors have been updated and are now only working with the latest version of the API, so be sure to update your artwork projects to stay compatible:

Generic editor harness (for your own compatible artworks):
https://demo.thi.ng/genart-api/param-editors/

Demo (with test artwork):
https://demo.thi.ng/genart-api/param-editors/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdemo.thi.ng%2Fgenart-api%2Fparam-test%2F

Other recent changes/additions (in no particular order):

- added new message types to poll the artwork/API for current state/info
- update message names & naming convention
- added ability to configure the API behavior/features (also via messaging)
- option to emit frame messages w/ current timing/frame info
- message broadcasting to multiple GenArtAPI instances/artworks
- inject common defaults for optional settings in param specs
- fixed date/datetime param handling (in editor)
- updated/fixed time providers
- updated debug time provider (w/ FPS visualization overlay)
- use gzip compression for image param values (in default platform adapter)
- added version info
- various documentation updates
- (WIP) WASM bindings for Zig-based artworks
- (WIP) unpublished progress on real platform adapters

Some of these features are all about enabling new use cases and improving usability of external tooling around artworks adapting GenArtAPI, for example:

- Ability to broadcast start/stop messages to either individual or all artworks embedded in a page
- Ability for the param editor to configure the artwork currently being worked on to emit timing & frame information (which then can be integrated in the editor UI without the editor knowing anything else about the artwork)
- Enable editors to identify an artwork/project and store param presets grouped by project ID
- Allow editors (or other tools) to check the API version used by the artwork by first sending a `genart:get-info` message, then listening for `genart:info` response (then maybe display a warning if version is incompatible)
- etc.

If you want to find out more, the project readme has _a lot_ more information. Also feel free to get in touch with any questions!

#GenArtAPI #OpenSource #GenerativeArt #Art #Parameters #Interoperability #TypeScript #JavaScript #Zig #WASM #WebAssembly

XSF Announcement

We invite everyone to the 27th XMPP #Summit in #Brussels, #Belgium next year again. Get involved in development of the XMPP protocol in person and remote!

https://xmpp.org/2024/11/xmpp-summit-27/

#jabber #chat #interoperability
#rfc #opensource #decentralization
#standards

Each party that is building the "new era of social media" have their own agendas.

Bluesky states literally "Bluesky is an open network. With one account, you can access both an easy-to-use social network and a shared identity across the entire social internet."

Nostr states: "Nostr is a simple, open protocol that enables global, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social media."

Threads says: "Threads is part of the fediverse, also known as the federated universe. The fediverse is a global, open, social network of independent servers operated by third parties around the world."

But they are still more or less separate and not "easy". It's this fantasy of having interoperability, but years go by and everyone are still developing their own protocols and apps. Bluesky and Threads can be partly connected to the Fediverse, but limited to one-way or opt-in setting. It's not "across the entire social internet", nowhere near.

As of right now I can reach most platforms via ActivityPub and I can fully have the control to myself with my own server on the Fediverse. That can't be achieved with Bluesky or Threads, with them you are always dependent on someone else's servers. I hope some day we'll get the bigger players fully connected too, somehow, better and easier.

#SocialWeb #SocialMedia #Bluesky #Nostr #Mastodon #Fediverse #Interoperability

#XMPP Community

From the ignite #realtime Foundation Board (@news):

XMPP: The Protocol for Open, Extensible Instant Messaging
https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/xmpp-the-protocol-for-open-extensible-instant-messaging/94748

Find more under: https://xmpp.org/

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rfc #rtc #opensource #decentralization #standards

Instant Messaging: It's not about the app - #XMPP provides sovereignty of your communication

Read a comment in this blog post:
https://xmpp.org/2021/01/instant-messaging-its-not-about-the-app/

#openstandards #opensource #decentralisation #interoperability

Imagine what if every website implemented HTTP/TLS themselves. There would be so much fragmentation that we wouldn't see the #interoperability we see today.

To me, that's what the #fediverse looks like today. Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc. have their own implementations of #ActivityPub, WebFinger, HTTP Signatures, etc. and each one behaves slightly differently, which leads to poor interoperability. Adoption of new standards is slow.

I wish each major programming language had something like #Fedify.

@bnewbold is coming to FediForum and wants to talk about:

* collaboration and coordination with atproto and other protocols
* interoperable identity systems
* moderation tooling
* data portability

This will make for an interesting and important session! Or more likely, more than one!

Join us? https://fediforum.org

#bluesky #atproto #activitypub #interoperability #fediforum #fediverse

Hello Fedi Friends!

I've been running lots of #interoperability tests between #Lemmy #PieFed #Mbin and the rest of the #Fediverse and I've been learning so many interesting things! I cannot wait to write about all this for #TheFutureIsFederated. (For the record these are content aggregators, the Fedi’s answer to #Reddit).

I may have to resort to hand-written graphs because some of the stuff is a bit convoluted 😅

Spoiler alert:
#Mbin ↔️ #Mastodon ✅🥳
#Mbin ↔️ #Friendica ❌😵‍💫
#Mbin ↔️ #Lemmy ⚠️😐

#Tainacan: exploration into #civilservice management models for #innovation in #freesoftware.

"This initiative, articulated by the ministry’s Digital Culture sector, led to a technology prototype that could enhance #interoperability among [#digitalcollections of] #archives, #libraries, and #museums."

#openGLAM

https://josemurilo.com/2023/09/21/brasiliana-museums-in-brazil-now-have-a-common-place-on-the-web/

It’s still early for ActivityPub and AT Protocol, but we broke down some current differences and what directions they might go in.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/06/whats-difference-between-mastodon-bluesky-and-threads
#fediverse #bluesky #interoperability