dat.json-links.md

Dat.json links field

We've been finding ourselves needing a lot of links on Dat sites. For instance, we want a way to specify the issues board for an app, or a place to pay authors.

We're thinking about adding a links field to the dat.json to keep this unified.

Approach 1, as an array:

{
  "title": "Beaker browser homepage",
  "links": [
    {"rel": "payment", "href": "https://opencollective.com/beaker"},
    {"rel": "author", "href": "dat://taravancil.com", "title": "Tara Vancil"},
    {"rel": "author", "href": "dat://paulfrazee.com", "title": "Paul Frazee"},
    {"rel": "https://archive.org/services/purl/purl/bll/resource/issues-board", "href": "https://github.com/beakerbrowser/beakerbrowser.com/issues"}
   ]
}

Approach 2, as an object with the "rel" as key:

{
  "title": "Beaker browser homepage",
  "links": {
    "payment": "https://opencollective.com/beaker",
    "author": [
      {"href": "dat://taravancil.com", "title": "Tara Vancil"},
      "dat://paulfrazee.com"
    ],
    "https://archive.org/services/purl/purl/bll/resource/issues-board": "https://github.com/beakerbrowser/beakerbrowser.com/issues"
  }
}

Any opinions?

Good feedback all, appreciate it