docs/app/entities/instance-metadata/page.mdx

export const metadata = {
    title: 'Instance Metadata',
    description: 'Metadata about a Versia instance, such as capabilities and endpoints.',
}

# Instance Metadata

Contains metadata about a Versia instance, such as capabilities and endpoints. {{ className: 'lead' }}

## The `null` Author

On some entities that have an `author` field, the `author` can be `null` to represent the instance itself as the author (like ActivityPub's Server Actors). In this case, the instance's public key should be used to verify the entity. To know which instance's public key to use, the entity signature should be used.

Check the entity's documentation page to see if it supports this (it will be noted in the `author` field).

## Entity Definition

<Row>
    <Col>
        <Properties>
            <Property name="id" type="null">
                This entity does not have an ID.
            </Property>
            <Property name="uri" type="null">
                This entity does not have a URI.
            </Property>
            <Property name="name" type="string" required={true}>
                Friendly name of the instance, for humans.
            </Property>
            <Property name="software" type="Software" required={true}>
                Information about the software running the instance.

                ```typescript
                type Software = {
                    name: string;
                    version: string;
                }
                ```

                - `name`: Name of the software.
                - `version`: Version of the software. Should use [SemVer](https://semver.org/).
            </Property>
            <Property name="compatibility" type="Compatibility" required={true}>
                Information about the compatibility of the instance.

                ```typescript
                type Compatibility = {
                    versions: string[];
                    extensions: string[];
                }
                ```

                - `versions`: Supported Versia Protocol versions.
                  - Versions marked as "Working Draft X" are represented as `0.X`.
                - `extensions`: Supported extensions.
            </Property>
            <Property name="description" type="string" required={false}>
                Long description of the instance, for humans. Should be around 100-200 words.
            </Property>
            <Property name="host" type="string" required={true}>
                Hostname of the instance. Includes the port if it is not the default (i.e. `443` for HTTPS).
            </Property>
            <Property name="shared_inbox" type="URI" required={false}>
                URI to the instance's shared inbox, if supported.
            </Property>
            <Property name="public_key" type="PublicKey" required={true}>
                Public key of the instance.

                ```typescript
                type PublicKey = {
                    algorithm: string;
                    key: string;
                }
                ```
                
                - `algorithm`: Algorithm used for the public key. Can only be `ed25519` for now.
                - `key`: Instance public key, in [SPKI-encoded base64](/signatures#exporting-the-public-key).
            </Property>
            <Property name="moderators" type="URI" required={false}>
                URI to [Collection](/structures/collection) of instance moderators.

                <Note>
                    This is for human consumption (such as moderator contact), not for any kind of protocol authorization.
                </Note>
            </Property>
            <Property name="admins" type="URI" required={false}>
                URI to [Collection](/structures/collection) of instance administrators.

                <Note>
                    This is for human consumption (such as admin contact), not for any kind of protocol authorization.
                </Note>
            </Property>
            <Property name="logo" type="ContentFormat" required={false} typeLink="/structures/content-format">
                Logo of the instance. Must be an image format (`image/*`).
            </Property>
            <Property name="banner" type="ContentFormat" required={false} typeLink="/structures/content-format">
                Banner of the instance. Must be an image format (`image/*`).
            </Property>
        </Properties>
    </Col>

    <Col sticky>

    ```jsonc {{ 'title': 'InstanceMetadata' }}
    {
        "type": "InstanceMetadata",
        "name": "Jim's Jolly Jimjams",
        "software": {
            "name": "Versia Server",
            "version": "1.2.0-beta.3"
        },
        "compatibility": {
            "versions": [
                "0.3.0",
                "0.4.0",
                "0.5.0"
            ],
            "extensions": [
                "pub.versia:reactions",
                "pub.versia:polls",
                "pub.versia:reports"
            ]
        },
        "description": "Server for Jim's Jolly Jimjams, a social network for fans of Jimjams.",
        "host": "social.jimjams.com",
        "shared_inbox": "https://social.jimjams.com/inbox",
        "moderators": "https://social.jimjams.com/moderators",
        "admins": "https://social.jimjams.com/admins",
        "logo": {
            "image/png": {
                "content": "https://social.jimjams.com/files/logo.png"
            },
            "image/webp": {
                "content": "https://social.jimjams.com/files/logo.webp"
            }
        },
        "public_key": {
            "algorithm": "ed25519",
            "key": "MCowBQYDK2VwAyEA9zhEMtQZetRl4QrLcz99i7jOa6ZVjX7aLfRUsMuKByI="
        },
        "banner": null,
        "created_at": "2021-07-01T00:00:00Z",
        "extensions": {
            "example.extension:monthly_active_users": 1000
        }
    }
    ```

    </Col>
</Row>