The Dawn Network Forum Protocol

Node

A Forum Node advertises its presence and nodes regularly evaluate their proximity in terms of times of transit relative to each other, as well as the identity of the operator of the node.

1. Operator
   Account responsible for operating node and who receives messages at this node

2. Addresses
   List of addresses from Archives format where this node is reachable from the internet

3. Expiry
   Date and time when this advertisment will expire automatically and need to be renewed

Post

A post is an original post made in reference to nothing specified. It is simply a payload of UTF-8 characters.

1. Payload String of UTF-8 characters

Reference

A reference is the cluster of 3 data points that makes a unique key for a message

1. Author UUID of Author of post
2. Datestamp Datestamp on published post
3. Message Hash of message being referred to

Edit

An edit is a post in diff format against the original referenced post by an account authorised to make such a post

1. Ref
   The message reference

2. Diff
   The diff-formated changes to the post

Assign

The transfer of ownership and write permissions on a post to another account

1. Ref
   The message reference

2. NewOwner
   The new owner - the old owner loses owner and write permissions

Grant

Granting write permissions on a post

1. Ref
   The message reference

2. Grantee
   The UUID of the account that can now post edits on this message

Revoke

Revoking write permissions on a post

1. Ref
   The message reference

2. Revokee
   The UUID of the account that can no longer post edits on this message