Merge pull request #10 from duthied/master

[friendica.git] / zot.txt

diff --git a/zot.txt b/zot.txt
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--- a/zot.txt
+++ b/zot.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 This is the Zot! social communications protocol. 
 
 Specification revision: 1
-02 September 2011
+15 September 2011
 
 Mike Macgirvin
 This specification is public domain.
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ webfinger and encapsulating salmon.
 
 First read the salmon and salmon magic envelope specifications. Zot also 
 makes use of webfinger and ActivityStreams and several concepts from RFC822
-(email). Zot encompasses the zot delivery framework, and the zid remote
+(email). Zot encompasses the zot delivery framework and the zid remote
 access protocol.
 
 The current specification revision (1) is frozen until a reference 
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ change to the revision number.
 Format of a zot wrapper. This completely encapsulates a salmon magic envelope 
 and provides privacy protection, while defining a delivery envelope - a 
 concept familiar to email systems. All addresses in zot are webfinger 
-resolvable addresses containing both salmon and zot endpoints. 
+resolvable addresses containing zot endpoints and salmon public keys (zot 
+is a superset of salmon). 
 
 
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ delivery method for non-encrypted (e.g. public) messages.
 
 Discover of the zot endpoint is based on webfinger XRD:
 
-<link rel="http://purl.org/zot/1.0/post" 
+<Link rel="http://purl.org/zot/1.0/post" 
        href="http://example/org/zot-endpoint" />
 
 
@@ -220,6 +221,17 @@ embed alternate message formats and protocols such as
 "application/x-diaspora+xml". If a delivery agent is unable to provide any
 acceptable data format, the delivery MUST be terminated/cancelled. 
 
+Foreign Messages
+****************
+
+Messages MAY be imported from other networks and systems which have no 
+knowledge of salmon signatures. The salmon signature in this case MUST be the
+exact string 'NOTSIGNED' to indicate that the author (From address) cannot be 
+validated using salmon verification. This message MUST be relayed by a Sender
+who can provide a valid salmon signature of the message via zot:sig. Delivery
+systems MAY reject foreign messages.  
+
+
 
 **********************
 * Zid authentication *