I've posted to the diaspora-dev list pointing to this comment, so hopefully one of the Diaspora guys will take a look at this soon.
I'll also follow up shortly with a blog post with more details about how this might be implemented atop a well defined set of standards and the benefits of doing so vs re-inventing the wheel.
I'll also follow up shortly with a blog post with more details about how this might be implemented atop a well defined set of standards and the benefits of doing so vs re-inventing the wheel.