{"id":25340912,"url":"https://github.com/mastodon/specs-background","last_synced_at":"2025-08-18T19:34:29.092Z","repository":{"id":277436732,"uuid":"932427285","full_name":"mastodon/specs-background","owner":"mastodon","description":"A place to store background documentation and research that informs specifications and FEPs","archived":false,"fork":false,"pushed_at":"2025-02-13T22:58:29.000Z","size":953,"stargazers_count":0,"open_issues_count":0,"forks_count":0,"subscribers_count":1,"default_branch":"main","last_synced_at":"2025-02-13T23:32:07.840Z","etag":null,"topics":["activitypub","documentation","fediverse","fep","proposal","research","specification"],"latest_commit_sha":null,"homepage":"","language":null,"has_issues":true,"has_wiki":null,"has_pages":null,"mirror_url":null,"source_name":null,"license":"cc0-1.0","status":null,"scm":"git","pull_requests_enabled":true,"icon_url":"https://github.com/mastodon.png","metadata":{"files":{"readme":"README.md","changelog":null,"contributing":null,"funding":null,"license":"LICENSE","code_of_conduct":null,"threat_model":null,"audit":null,"citation":null,"codeowners":null,"security":null,"support":null,"governance":null,"roadmap":null,"authors":null,"dei":null,"publiccode":null,"codemeta":null},"funding":{"github":"mastodon","patreon":"mastodon","open_collective":"mastodon","custom":"https://sponsor.joinmastodon.org"}},"created_at":"2025-02-13T22:29:13.000Z","updated_at":"2025-02-13T22:58:33.000Z","dependencies_parsed_at":"2025-02-13T23:32:10.409Z","dependency_job_id":"58fba83b-cb20-4e46-ad85-cbd669a1d5f8","html_url":"https://github.com/mastodon/specs-background","commit_stats":null,"previous_names":["mastodon/specs-background"],"tags_count":0,"template":false,"template_full_name":null,"repository_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/mastodon%2Fspecs-background","tags_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/mastodon%2Fspecs-background/tags","releases_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/mastodon%2Fspecs-background/releases","manifests_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories/mastodon%2Fspecs-background/manifests","owner_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners/mastodon","download_url":"https://codeload.github.com/mastodon/specs-background/tar.gz/refs/heads/main","host":{"name":"GitHub","url":"https://github.com","kind":"github","repositories_count":238805869,"owners_count":19533618,"icon_url":"https://github.com/github.png","version":null,"created_at":"2022-05-30T11:31:42.601Z","updated_at":"2022-07-04T15:15:14.044Z","host_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub","repositories_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repositories","repository_names_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/repository_names","owners_url":"https://repos.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/hosts/GitHub/owners"}},"keywords":["activitypub","documentation","fediverse","fep","proposal","research","specification"],"created_at":"2025-02-14T08:17:31.825Z","updated_at":"2025-02-14T08:17:32.376Z","avatar_url":"https://github.com/mastodon.png","language":null,"funding_links":["https://github.com/sponsors/mastodon","https://patreon.com/mastodon","https://opencollective.com/mastodon","https://sponsor.joinmastodon.org"],"categories":[],"sub_categories":[],"readme":"# Specifications: background reading and research\n\nThis repository is a place to store and share any background documentation and research work that goes into informing standards, specifications, and [Fediverse Enhancement Proposals](https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep) (aka FEPs) submitted by the Mastodon team.\n\n## Participation \u0026 contribution\n\nFor the most part, information shared in this repository is intended as _reference-only_, i.e. a demonstration of existing efforts towards an upstream contribution. Therefore, in-depth discussion, issues and pull requests are not generally expected. Any contributions should be in accordance with that positioning of the content, and are also subject to the [Mastodon Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/mastodon/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) and [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/mastodon/.github/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).\n\n## License\n\nIn alignment with the (upstream) FEP specifications, documentation in this repository is shared under the CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmastodon%2Fspecs-background","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Fmastodon%2Fspecs-background","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Fmastodon%2Fspecs-background/lists"}