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-rw-r--r--docs/federation/posts.md11
-rw-r--r--docs/locales/zh/federation/posts.md2
-rw-r--r--internal/typeutils/internaltoas.go8
-rw-r--r--internal/typeutils/internaltoas_test.go4
4 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/federation/posts.md b/docs/federation/posts.md
index 45a4fb7cd..7c92c297d 100644
--- a/docs/federation/posts.md
+++ b/docs/federation/posts.md
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ GoToSocial sends media attachments in the `attachment` property of posts using t
- `Audio` - any audio type (mp3, flac, wma, etc).
- `Document` - fallback for any other / unknown type.
-Attachments sent from GoToSocial include the MIME `mediaType`, the `url` of the full-sized version of the media file, and the `summary` property, which can be interpreted by remote instance's as a short description / alt text for the attachment.
+Attachments sent from GoToSocial include the MIME `mediaType`, the `url` of the full-sized version of the media file, and the `name` property, which can be interpreted by remote instance's as a short description / alt text for the attachment.
+
+!!! warning
+ According to ActivityStreams, `name` is "A simple, human-readable, plain-text name for the object" ([Link](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-name)). On the other hand, `summary` should be "A natural language summarization of the object encoded as HTML" ([Link](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-summary)).
+
+ In light of `summary`'s better suitability as description / alt text, in future GoToSocial will switch to either using *only* the `summary` property instead of the `name` property, or will use *both* the `name` and `summary` properties (exact implementation tbd). This change will likely be introduced in version 0.21.0 of the software.
+
+ This means the `summary` property transmitted by GoToSocial in v0.21.0 onwards will likely contain things like HTML `<br>` elements instead of newlines, escaped HTML characters, etc. Receiving instances should account for this when interpreting `summary` as alt text.
Types `Image` and `Video` will also include the `http://joinmastodon.org/ns#blurhash` property so that remotes can generate a colorful hash of the image. If an audio file included an embedded cover art image, then the `Audio` type will also include a blurhash. See the [Mastodon blurhash docs](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/#blurhash).
@@ -40,7 +47,7 @@ Here's an example of a `Note` with one attachment:
0.5
],
"mediaType": "image/jpeg",
- "summary": "Black and white image of some 50's style text saying: Welcome On Board",
+ "name": "Black and white image of some 50's style text saying: Welcome On Board",
"type": "Image",
"url": "http://localhost:8080/fileserver/01F8MH17FWEB39HZJ76B6VXSKF/attachment/original/01F8MH6NEM8D7527KZAECTCR76.jpg"
}
diff --git a/docs/locales/zh/federation/posts.md b/docs/locales/zh/federation/posts.md
index 798c07daa..49afc815d 100644
--- a/docs/locales/zh/federation/posts.md
+++ b/docs/locales/zh/federation/posts.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ GoToSocial 发送的附件包含 MIME 类型(`mediaType`)、媒体文件的
0.5
],
"mediaType": "image/jpeg",
- "summary": "Black and white image of some 50's style text saying: Welcome On Board",
+ "name": "Black and white image of some 50's style text saying: Welcome On Board",
"type": "Image",
"url": "http://localhost:8080/fileserver/01F8MH17FWEB39HZJ76B6VXSKF/attachment/original/01F8MH6NEM8D7527KZAECTCR76.jpg"
}
diff --git a/internal/typeutils/internaltoas.go b/internal/typeutils/internaltoas.go
index 6255ee8e2..d08c3c935 100644
--- a/internal/typeutils/internaltoas.go
+++ b/internal/typeutils/internaltoas.go
@@ -1145,8 +1145,12 @@ func (c *Converter) attachAttachments(
}
ap.AppendURL(attachmentable, imageURL)
- // `summary` ie., media description / alt text
- ap.AppendSummary(attachmentable, a.Description)
+ // `name` ie., media description / alt text
+ //
+ // TODO: Change this to `summary` when there's
+ // wider support for this across fedi. See:
+ // https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues/4524
+ ap.AppendName(attachmentable, a.Description)
// `blurhash`
ap.SetBlurhash(attachmentable, a.Blurhash)
diff --git a/internal/typeutils/internaltoas_test.go b/internal/typeutils/internaltoas_test.go
index 970e16cfa..943910f00 100644
--- a/internal/typeutils/internaltoas_test.go
+++ b/internal/typeutils/internaltoas_test.go
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ func (suite *InternalToASTestSuite) TestStatusWithTagsToASWithIDs() {
0.5
],
"mediaType": "image/jpeg",
- "summary": "Black and white image of some 50's style text saying: Welcome On Board",
+ "name": "Black and white image of some 50's style text saying: Welcome On Board",
"type": "Image",
"url": "http://localhost:8080/fileserver/01F8MH17FWEB39HZJ76B6VXSKF/attachment/original/01F8MH6NEM8D7527KZAECTCR76.jpg"
}
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ func (suite *InternalToASTestSuite) TestStatusWithTagsToASFromDB() {
0.5
],
"mediaType": "image/jpeg",
- "summary": "Black and white image of some 50's style text saying: Welcome On Board",
+ "name": "Black and white image of some 50's style text saying: Welcome On Board",
"type": "Image",
"url": "http://localhost:8080/fileserver/01F8MH17FWEB39HZJ76B6VXSKF/attachment/original/01F8MH6NEM8D7527KZAECTCR76.jpg"
}