There are many services where users compose reviews. Several include Yelp, Amazon, and the Apple Store.
A review can be represented by:
<activity:verb> = Post<activity:object-type> = Review<thr:in-reply-to> = Item reviewed The "review" object type represents a user's review of an object.
A review object MUST include a thr:in-reply-to element that identifies the object that is being reviewed.
A review MUST include the title of the object being reviewed as either <entry><title> or <entry><activity:object><title>
| Property name | Type | Required | Property Description | JSON field | Atom field | RSS field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| title | string | yes | Title of the review | displayName | atom:title | rss:title |
| name | string | no | A human-readable name for the author | atom:name | ||
| summary | string | no | A short or truncated version of the review | atom:summary | ||
| content | string | yes | The complete content | atom:content | rss:description | |
| owner | object | no | The author of the review | |
atom:author | |
| id | string | yes | A unique ID representing the review |
|
atom:id | |
| url | URI | yes | Link to the review | |
atom:link rel="alternate" | rel:link |
| published | W3CDTF timestamp | no | When the review was published | |
atom:published | rss:pubDate |
| updated | W3CDTF timestamp | no | Last modification time | updated | atom:updated | rss:lastBuildDate |
| source | object | no | If the review was resyndicated, source will contain the original representation of the review | atom:source | ||
| related links | array | no | Related links | links | atom:link rel="related" |
http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/review
<activity:verb>... post and <activity:object-type>... review in RSS 2.0 (from this feed linked from the profile). Example gist.It is recommended to look to hReview for the attributes for review objects.
The Review object-type was included in a June 2009 draft of the Activity Streams base schema, but it is not included in a January 2010 draft.