The IndieWeb specification formally distinguishes two written post types based on structure, not length:
Article: A post with an explicit name (title) property. Usually has multiple paragraphs, subheadings, blockquotes. What most people call a "blog post."
Note: A post with no name property or an empty string name. Short, unstructured plain text. The equivalent of a tweet or toot.
The distinction matters for Post Type Discovery, the algorithm IndieWeb clients use to determine how to render a post:
if post has "name" property:
if name != content (first N chars):
→ article
else:
→ note
else:
→ note
This means a titled, categorized, tagged post with multiple paragraphs is an article by IndieWeb definition, even if you call it a "note" on your site. The IndieWeb "note" is specifically the titleless micro-post.
Other recognized post types: photo, video, audio, bookmark, reply, repost, like, checkin, rsvp, event. All defined by which microformat properties are present, not by an explicit "type" field.
IndieWeb Note vs Article Distinction
The IndieWeb specification formally distinguishes two written post types based on structure, not length:
name(title) property. Usually has multiple paragraphs, subheadings, blockquotes. What most people call a "blog post."nameproperty or an empty string name. Short, unstructured plain text. The equivalent of a tweet or toot.The distinction matters for Post Type Discovery, the algorithm IndieWeb clients use to determine how to render a post:
This means a titled, categorized, tagged post with multiple paragraphs is an article by IndieWeb definition, even if you call it a "note" on your site. The IndieWeb "note" is specifically the titleless micro-post.
Other recognized post types:
photo,video,audio,bookmark,reply,repost,like,checkin,rsvp,event. All defined by which microformat properties are present, not by an explicit "type" field.