this needs some initial formalization. looking at prior endeavors https://olki.loria.fr/platform/index.html seems similar to what we are talking about and more. looks like their funding is no more https://olki.loria.fr/detpage/plateforme/ and no more development as well https://framagit.org/synalp/olki https://framagit.org/cerisara/olki. they developed a “standard for federation of scientific activities and content using ActivityPub” https://synalp.frama.io/olki/scifed. i will look into installing it https://members.loria.fr/CCerisara/#olkisocial/ to see it for myself