Standards — IndieWeb
The IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the "corporate web". These standards are
organized roughly in order of age and breadth of implementation.
Webmention
The Webmention Standard defines a simple way to notify any URL when you link to it from
your site.
h-card
The h-card standard defines a way to markup a person or organization in HTML
with common properties like name, icon, and website.
h-entry
The h-entry standard defines a way to markup a post or page in HTML
with common properties such as name, content, permalink, author, date published and/or updated.
Micropub
The Micropub Standard defines a protocol used to create, update and delete posts on one's
own domain using third-party clients.
WebSub
The WebSub Standard defines a notification protocol
between publishers of any kind of Web content and their subscribers,
based on HTTP web hooks.
JF2
The JF2 Standard describes a JSON serialization format to describe simple streams of data
as well as single objects of data for data transfer and processing.
IndieAuth
The IndieAuth Standard defines an identity layer on top of OAuth 2.0, primarily used to
obtain an OAuth 2.0 Bearer Token for use by Micropub clients.
Vouch
The Vouch Standard defines an anti-spam extension to Webmention.
Salmention
The Salmention Standard defines a protocol extension to Webmention to propagate comments
and other interactions upstream by sending a webmention from a response to the original post
when the response itself receives a response.
Microsub
The Microsub Standard defines a standardized way for clients to consume and interact with
feeds collected by a server.