Indicating Item Source

Because many traditional readers choose to show both the "Source" of an item in a feed when viewing it, in addition to the "Author" of the item, it may make sense to include some details about the Source in each Item in that source when retrieving a timeline.

See some examples below:




This will also be useful when someone reposts content, so you want the item to show the original author, but you also want to show who reposted it. Twitter does this by adding a line above the tweet.

The issue body and linked reader screenshots are the only starting points provided; no repository files, tests, or entry points are named. First clarify how source and reposting information should be represented in a timeline item and where that belongs in the Microsub specification. Done means the specification defines the source details and their relationship to the original author clearly enough for implementations to follow.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.