Activity Streams/Primer/Article and Note

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Note

The definition of a Note is Represents a short written work typically less than a single paragraph in length.

Examples of typical social objects that would map to a Note: a status update, a Tweet, a git commit message, an SMS text

Article

The definition of an Article is Represents any kind of multi-paragraph written work.

Examples of typical social objects that would map to an Article: a blog post, a newspaper article.

Comparison

comparing Article to Note
Property Note Article
Number of paragraphs ~1 More than one
name usually absent usually present
summary usually absent usually present