- STAR is a new format, and while it already has applications + STAR is a new format, and while it has applications headed - for production soon, it might still get - backwards-incompatible changes until its status in DASL changes from - Hot New Stuff to Stabilising. + for production soon, be prepared for breaking spec changes + while its DASL maturity remains Hot + New Stuff. + Additional backgound, resources, and open questions:
-- STAR-lite - was an earlier version of this format, made specifically for AT - Protocol public data repository exports. It is not officially part of - the atproto specs but is actively used on the network, and will be - superseded by STAR. + STAR-lite, + an earlier version of this format specifically for atproto public data + repository exports. It is not part of the atproto specs but is + actively used on the network, to be superseded by STAR.
- Initial feedback - of the first attempt to adapt STAR-lite for atproto spaces, helping it - evolve from an atproto-specific format to a general-purpose archive. + Initial public STAR feedback + of the first attempt to adapt STAR-lite for atproto spaces, leading to + its current flexible shape.
- DASL issue - proposing STAR's entry to DASL. + Proposal for STAR, + tangled issue introducing STAR to DASL.
Presentation slides - introducing the format at the October 2026 CID Congress. + introducing STAR at the October 2026 CID Congress.