Oliver Sylvester-Bradley

[NB We published an updated version of this post in June 2024] The Murmurations protocol is designed to enable decentralised data sharing. The most obvious examples of how it can be used are maps and directories but these are only the beginning. In this blog post we explore some of the other concepts which could be built on Murmurations. Local maps and directories drawing data from multiple sources One of… Read More »What can you build on the Murmurations protocol?

In order to accommodate more features and improve various aspects of how Murmurations works we have developed an improved version (V2) of the Index and its API to allow aggregators to perform more sophisticated searches.  We are also making significant changes to the schemas and fields in the Murmurations Library, which will enable better forward compatibility of schemas and reuse of fields. All of this is still a work in… Read More »Murmurations Protocol Version 2 – update for data aggregators

The Murmurations Profile Generator (MPG) makes it easy to create profiles, which validate against one or more schemas, to create entries in the Murmurations Index, so that your data can be aggregated and presented on multiple maps and directories. This demo runs through creating and updating profiles using the MPG and uses the demo aggregator to show how profiles can be rendered and filtered. The demo aggregator is just that,… Read More »Murmurations Profile Generator demo

Murmurations takes a modular approach to development. What we’re building needs to be simple and flexible so that others can benefit from it too. Now that we have the Profile Generator and Demo Aggregator up and running pulling in the initial schemas built from shared fields from the fields library, we’ve started to specify the next few building blocks we aim to develop. The objective of each of these components… Read More »The next few building blocks

As described in our Project Update from Oct 2020, Murmurations has been under extensive development in order to update the code and to provide an open protocol and simple REST API on which anyone can build. The Version 1 work is almost complete and you can now start to use and build on Murmurations. There are several new elements in V1 and, if you’re new to what we’re building it… Read More »Murmurations Protocol Version 1 is up and running.

This session from The Open Co-op conference introduces the concept of protocols, and Murmurations as a method to coordinate the vast diversity within our decentralised movement. The video covers: The “too many platforms” problem… What are ‘protocols’? – and why they present a powerful solution How Murmurations works How to install the WordPress plugin How to create a Json file for any other kind of website How projects and communities… Read More »VIDEO – Introducing Murmurations