# fyi.opensocial.channel.about

> Published by [lexicons.opensocial.fyi](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:2gqnilpksz2e7faj3bwvo6qc)

## Links

- [View on Lexicon Garden](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:2gqnilpksz2e7faj3bwvo6qc/fyi.opensocial.channel.about)
- [Documentation](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:2gqnilpksz2e7faj3bwvo6qc/fyi.opensocial.channel.about/docs)
- [Examples](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:2gqnilpksz2e7faj3bwvo6qc/fyi.opensocial.channel.about/examples)

## Definitions

### `fyi.opensocial.channel.about`

**Type**: `record`

A channel for chosen people, as its space holds it: its address, its name, its tabs in order as a group's site has them, and the files of their own those tabs show. Who it's for is its space's access.

**Key**: `literal:self`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `createdBy` | `string` (did) | No |  |
| `files` | `array` | No | Its tabs' own pages, by path (`<channel>/<tab>.html`), and the methods and lexicons beside them (`methods/<nsid>.js`, `lexicons/<nsid>.json`). |
| `name` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `slug` | `string` | Yes |  |
| `tabs` | `array` | Yes |  |
| `updatedAt` | `string` (datetime) | Yes |  |

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "description": "A channel for chosen people, as its space holds it: its address, its name, its tabs in order as a group's site has them, and the files of their own those tabs show. Who it's for is its space's access.",
      "key": "literal:self",
      "record": {
        "properties": {
          "createdBy": {
            "format": "did",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "files": {
            "description": "Its tabs' own pages, by path (`<channel>/<tab>.html`), and the methods and lexicons beside them (`methods/<nsid>.js`, `lexicons/<nsid>.json`).",
            "items": {
              "ref": "fyi.opensocial.defs#file",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 100,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "name": {
            "maxGraphemes": 64,
            "maxLength": 640,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "slug": {
            "maxLength": 64,
            "type": "string"
          },
          "tabs": {
            "items": {
              "ref": "fyi.opensocial.site#tab",
              "type": "ref"
            },
            "maxLength": 30,
            "type": "array"
          },
          "updatedAt": {
            "format": "datetime",
            "type": "string"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "slug",
          "name",
          "tabs",
          "updatedAt"
        ],
        "type": "object"
      },
      "type": "record"
    }
  },
  "id": "fyi.opensocial.channel.about",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```