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80 lines
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<h1>Fediverse ID (Fediverse)</h1>
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<section>
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<address class="h-card">
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by
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<a rel="author" class="u-url" href="http://changelog.ca/"><span class="p-given-name">Charles</span> <span class="p-additional-name">Iliya</span> <span class="p-family-name">Krempeaux</span></a>
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</address>
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</section>
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<section>
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<p>
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A <strong>Fediverse ID</strong> is an identifier that conceptually is usually used to point to a <strong>person</strong>, but also can be conceptually used to point to an <strong>application</strong>, a <strong>group</strong>, a <strong>organization</strong>, a <strong>service</strong>, or any other type of entity.
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</p>
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<p>
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Here are some sample <strong>Fediverse ID</strong>s:
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<ul>
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<li>@joeblow@example.com</li>
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<li>@name@host</li>
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<li>@reiver@mastodon.social</li>
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<li>@massoud@onepicaday.com</li>
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<li>@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org</li>
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</ul>
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</section>
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<section>
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<h2>Resemblance With E-Mail Addresses</h2>
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<p>
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A <strong>Fediverse ID</strong> looks similar to an <strong>e-mail address</strong>.
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The main superficial difference being that a <strong>Fediverse ID</strong> starts with an <strong>at sign</strong> (“@”) (Unicode character U+0040), but an e-mail address does not.
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<figure>
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<pre>
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at sign
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↓
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@joeblow@example.com ← Fediverse ID
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joeblow@example.com ← e-mail address
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↑
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no at sign
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</pre>
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</figure>
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</section>
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<section>
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<h2>Usage</h2>
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<p>
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<strong>Fediverse IDs</strong> appear in posts on the <strong>Fediverse</strong>, and are typed (something with the help of some form of autocomplete) by users.
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</p>
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</section>
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<h2>acct URI</h2>
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<p>
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Part of the process of <strong>resolving</strong> a <strong>Fediverse ID</strong> transfomrs a <strong>Fediverse ID</strong> into an <ziba-link>acct URI</ziba-link>.
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(And then using that <ziba-link>acct URI</ziba-link> version of the <strong>Fediverse ID</strong> to make a request to <ziba-link transform="lowercase">WebFinger</ziba-link>.)
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</p>
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<p>
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Here is an example:
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</p>
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<pre>
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at sign
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↓
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@joeblow@example.com ← Fediverse ID
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acct:joeblow@example.com ← acct URI
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↑
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no at sign
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</pre>
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</section>
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<section>
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<h2>See Also</h2>
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<ul>
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<ul><ziba-link dir="id" name="syntax">Fediverse ID syntax</ziba-link></ul>
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</ul>
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</section>
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</article>
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