ActivityPub Viewer

A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL or username from Mastodon or a similar service below, and we'll send a request with the right Accept header to the server to view the underlying object.

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SASSY will need mechanisms for getting the design information into and out of the knowledge database in a way that is easy for the average developer.</p><p>My research found a lot of work has been done over the decades to try and generate English text from the contents of a database. As far as I can tell none of it was very successful. If the data structure is well defined it is possible to use templates. Sadly the design of a software system is not going to be able to use a predefined structure. If the design has some features the template designer did not think of they would not be reported. A more flexible approach is required.</p><p>Thus the feasibility study was begun. I decided to work from the output back toward the database. This way each step would provide a specification for what the next one would need to create.</p><p>Step one was to create a nice PDF document. For this I used Pandoc to convert a Markdown document into PDF. Step two was to create an RDF description of the document and generate the Markdown. This worked better than I expected.</p><p>To be continued...</p><p><a href=\"https://discuss.systems/tags/SoftwareArchitecture\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>SoftwareArchitecture</span></a></p>", "contentMap": { "en": "<p><a href=\"https://discuss.systems/tags/SASSY\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>SASSY</span></a></p><p>Having the design for a system in a knowledge database allows the use of tools to validate the design, and perhaps, even generate some aspects. </p><p>The downside is that humans don&#39;t speak RDF. SASSY will need mechanisms for getting the design information into and out of the knowledge database in a way that is easy for the average developer.</p><p>My research found a lot of work has been done over the decades to try and generate English text from the contents of a database. As far as I can tell none of it was very successful. If the data structure is well defined it is possible to use templates. Sadly the design of a software system is not going to be able to use a predefined structure. If the design has some features the template designer did not think of they would not be reported. A more flexible approach is required.</p><p>Thus the feasibility study was begun. I decided to work from the output back toward the database. This way each step would provide a specification for what the next one would need to create.</p><p>Step one was to create a nice PDF document. For this I used Pandoc to convert a Markdown document into PDF. Step two was to create an RDF description of the document and generate the Markdown. This worked better than I expected.</p><p>To be continued...</p><p><a href=\"https://discuss.systems/tags/SoftwareArchitecture\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>SoftwareArchitecture</span></a></p>" }, "attachment": [], "tag": [ { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://discuss.systems/tags/sassy", "name": "#sassy" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://discuss.systems/tags/softwarearchitecture", "name": "#softwarearchitecture" } ], "replies": { "id": "https://discuss.systems/users/ocratato/statuses/112993104764890632/replies", "type": "Collection", "first": { "type": "CollectionPage", "next": "https://discuss.systems/users/ocratato/statuses/112993104764890632/replies?min_id=112997725845159703&page=true", "partOf": "https://discuss.systems/users/ocratato/statuses/112993104764890632/replies", "items": [ "https://discuss.systems/users/ocratato/statuses/112997725845159703" ] } }, "likes": { "id": "https://discuss.systems/users/ocratato/statuses/112993104764890632/likes", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 0 }, "shares": { "id": "https://discuss.systems/users/ocratato/statuses/112993104764890632/shares", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 0 } } }