Event Federation

Just a short update to let you know things are still moving forward!

The last months have been used to gain insight how and to which extend recurring events and series of events (as well as related events in general) might work in federation and be of benefit. This has involved a lot of exploration, design iteration, and discussions with people who are building or operating in this space. More interviews are planned to deepen this understanding further. If you want to have a chat about this, too, you’re welcome.

Before a first version #FEP (Fediverse Enhancement Proposal) is drafted a series of non-technical articles with findings, open questions, and options for broader feedback will be published in the upcoming weeks

The FEP-8a8e (Fediverse Enhancement Proposal) had at lot of progress in the last months. In the meantime, the document has become somewhat more extensive than originally planned, but contains not only instructions for new features that have to be tediously implemented, but also a lot of advice and points that should provide orientation for developers of Fediverse applications that support events.

It now covers:

• Required attributes
• Events with Open End
• Timezone
• Physical and Virtual Locations
• Event status
• RSVP (Attendee Management)
• Event Banner and Poster Images
• Event Categories
• Discoverability
• Event Organizers
• Upcoming Events Collection for ActivityPub actors
• Term Definitions

Many thanks again to all reviewers and co-editors:

@lesion@mastodon.cisti.org @heiglandreas@phpc.social @naturzukunft@mastodon.social @laurin@mastodon.online

We warmly welcome further feedback from the communities of #Friendica, #Mobilizon, #Hubzilla, and other Fediverse platforms supporting events.
If you’re working on such an application or are part of these communities, your insights would be very valuable! @developers @mobilizon@framapiaf.org