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From: saunders <saunders@openworlds.info>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 08:16:13 +0100
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+# TODO
+
+**N.B.** The terminology used herein is definitely a work in progress, ...
+along with all other aspects.
+
+The aim for the initial phase(s) is to implement the following five functions,
+referenced from: https://hamishcampbell.com/omn-projects-are-tools-for-you-to-change-and-challenge-the-world-we-live-and-die-in/
+
+- Link / Subscribe
+    Plumb a new pipe into the network. A flow of content comes in or goes out.
+    Each pipe can connect to any other function.
+
+- Trust / Moderate
+    Flow passes through a sieve. Trusted content moves smoothly; noise gets
+    filtered. You can send flows straight through, into holding tanks, or
+    split them into new pipes.
+
+- Rollback
+    Empty the tank, rewind a flow, or remove specific objects. Essential for
+    correcting errors, spam, or bad data.
+
+- Edit Metadata
+    Add tags or notes to the “tail” of a data object. Metadata determines how
+    content gets sieved and aggregated. This is the backbone of news curation
+    in the OMN.
+
+- Publish
+    Add new content objects into the flow. Optionally editable. Publishing is
+    just another pipe into the system. At the core sits the storage tank:
+    a simple database holding all the flows.
+
+## Phase 1
+
+The following terms are purely for differentiating between certain implementation details.
+
+Key:
+```
+"PUBLIC":   Viewable when not logged in
+"USER":     Viewable when logged in
+"MOD":      Viewable when logged in with sufficient permissions
+```
+
+> NOTE: There was no user in the original Indymedia, but there will be in this version.
+> (Saunders) Meaning users who are or are not involved with the output of a given instance?
+
+### Behaviour
+
+- [ ] 'Events'
+    - A "federated flow" of events; an input feed of items related to the
+      theme/topics of the MakingHistory instance. UI/X name may differ but
+      this is short and useful for code.
+    - All visible tags can be a flow, we like nature metaphors so we use flow;
+      the only thing that would not flow is the mod (not trusted) items.
+    - _Emissary Template; based on 'inbox' ?_
+    - PUBLIC:
+        - (syn. Newswire from Indymedia)
+        - View
+            - [ ] Curated (syn. Moderated for Indymedia)
+            - [ ] Most recent N items
+            - [ ] Dynamic load earlier items on request (e.g. scroll)
+    - MOD:
+        - (syn. Mod Flow from Indymedia)
+        - Flagged items could end up here?
+        - View
+            - [ ] Uncurated (syn. Unmoderated from Indymedia ?)
+            - (See PUBLIC)
+        - Edit: Mark item(s) as "public"/"private"
+            - Filters (hash tags, users, whole instances, ...)
+            - Individual items/objects
+- [ ] 'Stories'
+    - (syn. Features from Indymedia)
+    - _Emissary Template(s)_
+        - based on ?
+    - PUBLIC:
+        - View
+            - [ ] Filter by tag ?
+            - [ ] Search ?
+    - USER:
+        - View
+            - (See PUBLIC)
+            - Save filter(s)
+    - MOD:
+        - View
+            - (See USER)
+        - Create/Edit
+            - [ ] Interactive version of 'Federated Flow' to cite/reference
+                - Filters
+                - Checkboxes (or equivalent) per item
+- [ ] 'Tagflow'
+    - _Emissary Template; based on ?_
+    - USER:
+        - View
+            - [ ] Tweet-deck style dashboard of parallel tag/stream views
+        - Create/Edit
+            - [ ] Custom streams based on filter set
+                - [ ] Boolean logic
+
+### Structure
+
+  - [ ] Groups:
+    - _Emissary groups_
+    - Curators (syn. Moderators)
+    - other?
+
+    Rest looks fine, more questions :)