When I talk to folks about Social Business, one of the first things I am asked is - what are the underlying standards and concepts? I wanted to jot down a few social concepts and resources as a way to foster discussion on what is important, what is not, and eventually what should an overall social architecture and standards suite look like.
Activities - Activities allow individuals to process information from people and events they care about
Activity Streams - Serialization of a stream [e.g. Facebook newsfeed] of social activities. Manifested in the Activity Streams specifications:
- Activity Base Schema 1.0
- ATOM Activity Streams 1.0
- JSON Activity Streams 1.0
Apache Rave - A web and social mashup engine that aggregates and serves web widgets by integrating Apache Shindig and Apache Wookie (love that name!)
Apache Shindig - An OpenSocial container to host OpenSocial Apps and handle REST and RPC Requests.
- Gadget Container Javascript
- Gadget Rendering Server
- OpenSocial Container Javascript that sits atop the Gadget Container
- OpenSocial Data Server
Container - A component hosting environment
Gadget - a mini app that can be published to and assembled by an OpenSocial compliant Container
GitHub - An open repository for Open Source and private collaboration projects.
OpenSocial - Standard defined by the OpenSocial Foundation that defines a container and an open set of APIs for web based social network apps.
SAP JAM - the first true social business platform integrating business processes with social concepts to improve enterprise efficiency
Schema.org - A collection of schemas that can be used to standardize markup of web pages to increase search engine recognition.
