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Mentions

Mentions are discussed in this section of ActivityStreams.

The big difference on if mentions are parsed are currently a result of if the value in href can be resolved by the application being tested.

In the support table parsed means that the activity could be parsed, but the mention was discarded. A ❌ in the support table means that the entire message has failed to parse.

Examples

Example 1

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/zh7GOj2BbAo",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/99DWLG5Pz8I",
    "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:23Z",
    "content": "text @actor@pasture_one_actor",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "@actor@test_server",
      "href": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor"
    }
  }
}
bovine
{
  "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "content": "text @actor@pasture_one_actor",
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/99DWLG5Pz8I",
  "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:23Z",
  "tag": [
    {
      "href": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
      "name": "@actor@test_server",
      "type": "Mention"
    }
  ],
  "to": [
    "as:Public",
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
  ],
  "type": "Note"
}

Example 2

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/nwFbHpFFI9c",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/wUkG_kA8QuM",
    "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:25Z",
    "content": "unrelated text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "something something",
      "href": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor"
    }
  }
}
bovine
{
  "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "content": "unrelated text",
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/wUkG_kA8QuM",
  "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:25Z",
  "tag": [
    {
      "href": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
      "name": "something something",
      "type": "Mention"
    }
  ],
  "to": [
    "as:Public",
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
  ],
  "type": "Note"
}

Example 3

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/Ghvqve-BT5I",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/yJRkwf1eeGs",
    "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:28Z",
    "content": "text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "@the_milkman@mastodon.social",
      "href": "https://mastodon.social/users/the_milkman"
    }
  }
}
bovine
{
  "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "content": "text",
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/yJRkwf1eeGs",
  "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:28Z",
  "tag": [
    {
      "href": "https://mastodon.social/users/the_milkman",
      "name": "@the_milkman@mastodon.social",
      "type": "Mention"
    }
  ],
  "to": [
    "as:Public",
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
  ],
  "type": "Note"
}

Example 4

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/M4T55hqMBm0",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/ioq1H_NJxR4",
    "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:30Z",
    "content": "text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "@dummy@example",
      "href": "https://dummy.example"
    }
  }
}
bovine
{
  "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "content": "text",
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/ioq1H_NJxR4",
  "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:30Z",
  "tag": [
    {
      "href": "https://dummy.example",
      "name": "@dummy@example",
      "type": "Mention"
    }
  ],
  "to": [
    "as:Public",
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
  ],
  "type": "Note"
}

Example 5

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/7Xn38GxvzQM",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/Wc3-r-R_KkQ",
    "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:32Z",
    "content": "text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "@test_actor@test_server",
      "href": "http://test_actor"
    }
  }
}
bovine
{
  "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "content": "text",
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/Wc3-r-R_KkQ",
  "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:32Z",
  "tag": [
    {
      "href": "http://test_actor",
      "name": "@test_actor@test_server",
      "type": "Mention"
    }
  ],
  "to": [
    "as:Public",
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
  ],
  "type": "Note"
}

Example 6

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/y_EgVb3lnKk",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/YR2imgjtJDE",
    "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:35Z",
    "content": "text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "as:Mention",
      "name": "yay",
      "href": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor"
    }
  }
}
bovine
{
  "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "content": "text",
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/YR2imgjtJDE",
  "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:35Z",
  "tag": [
    {
      "href": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
      "name": "yay",
      "type": "Mention"
    }
  ],
  "to": [
    "as:Public",
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
  ],
  "type": "Note"
}

Example 7

activity
{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/ihBVPBrlVBg",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/DytfescLtVM",
    "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:37Z",
    "content": "@actor text",
    "tag": {
      "name": "@actor",
      "href": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor"
    }
  }
}
bovine
{
  "attributedTo": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
  "content": "@actor text",
  "id": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor/DytfescLtVM",
  "published": "2024-03-01T16:24:37Z",
  "tag": [
    {
      "href": "http://pasture_one_actor/actor",
      "name": "@actor"
    }
  ],
  "to": [
    "as:Public",
    "http://bovine/endpoints/cCymvw_8wcviEwAgrvkkb23N6OGZlQ6wMW9bWKqWBYM"
  ],
  "type": "Note"
}

Example 8

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