rename 'uri' (and parent_uri) to 'mid' (and parent_mid) since these no longer remotely resemble uri's and are actually message_id's. This change is potentially destabilising because it touches a lot of code and structure. But it has to get done and there's no better time than the present.

27 files changed, 315 insertions, 284 deletions

diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 912e237e9..48fb3d535 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ require_once('include/features.php');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica Red');
 define ( 'FRIENDICA_VERSION',      trim(file_get_contents('version.inc')) . 'R');
 define ( 'ZOT_REVISION',               1     ); 
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1037     );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',       1038     );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    '<br />' . "\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/include/ItemObject.php b/include/ItemObject.php
index 66af01a81..b3c65008d 100644
--- a/include/ItemObject.php
+++ b/include/ItemObject.php
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ class Item extends BaseObject {
 		$location = format_location($item);
 
 
-		$showlike    = ((x($alike,$item['uri'])) ? format_like($alike[$item['uri']],$alike[$item['uri'] . '-l'],'like',$item['uri']) : '');
-		$showdislike = ((x($dlike,$item['uri']) && feature_enabled($conv->get_profile_owner(),'dislike'))  
-				? format_like($dlike[$item['uri']],$dlike[$item['uri'] . '-l'],'dislike',$item['uri']) : '');
+		$showlike    = ((x($alike,$item['mid'])) ? format_like($alike[$item['mid']],$alike[$item['mid'] . '-l'],'like',$item['mid']) : '');
+		$showdislike = ((x($dlike,$item['mid']) && feature_enabled($conv->get_profile_owner(),'dislike'))  
+				? format_like($dlike[$item['mid']],$dlike[$item['mid'] . '-l'],'dislike',$item['mid']) : '');
 
 		/*
 		 * We should avoid doing this all the time, but it depends on the conversation mode
diff --git a/include/activities.php b/include/activities.php
index 089418635..10a01792f 100644
--- a/include/activities.php
+++ b/include/activities.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function profile_activity($changed, $value) {
 		return;
 
 	$arr = array();
-	$arr['uri']         = $arr['parent_uri'] = item_message_id();
+	$arr['mid']         = $arr['parent_mid'] = item_message_id();
 	$arr['uid']         = local_user();
 	$arr['aid']         = $self['channel_account_id'];
 	$arr['owner_xchan'] = $arr['author_xchan'] = $self['xchan_hash'];
diff --git a/include/api.php b/include/api.php
index f240b60bf..3f01b90af 100644
--- a/include/api.php
+++ b/include/api.php
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ require_once('include/security.php');
 		if(ctype_digit($parent))
 			$_REQUEST['parent'] = $parent;
 		else
-			$_REQUEST['parent_uri'] = $parent;
+			$_REQUEST['parent_mid'] = $parent;
 
 		if(requestdata('lat') && requestdata('long'))
 			$_REQUEST['coord'] = sprintf("%s %s",requestdata('lat'),requestdata('long'));
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ require_once('include/security.php');
             and item_private = 0
 			and uid in ( " . stream_perms_api_uids() . " )
 			$sql_extra
-			AND id > %d group by uri
+			AND id > %d group by mid
             order by received desc LIMIT %d, %d ",
 			intval($since_id),
 			intval($start),
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ require_once('include/security.php');
 				$status2 = array(
 					'updated'      => api_date($item['edited']),
 					'published'    => api_date($item['created']),
-					'message_id'   => $item['uri'],
+					'message_id'   => $item['mid'],
 					'url'		   => $item['plink'],
 					'coordinates'  => $item['coord'],
 					'place'        => $item['location'],
@@ -1653,10 +1653,10 @@ require_once('include/security.php');
 		$replyto = '';
 		$sub     = '';
 		if (x($_REQUEST,'replyto')) {
-			$r = q('SELECT `parent_uri`, `title` FROM `mail` WHERE `uid`=%d AND `id`=%d',
+			$r = q('SELECT `parent_mid`, `title` FROM `mail` WHERE `uid`=%d AND `id`=%d',
 					intval(api_user()),
 					intval($_REQUEST['replyto']));
-			$replyto = $r[0]['parent_uri'];
+			$replyto = $r[0]['parent_mid'];
 			$sub     = $r[0]['title'];
 		}
 		else {
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ require_once('include/security.php');
 			$sql_extra = "`from-url`='".dbesc( $profile_url )."'";
 		}
 		elseif ($box=="conversation") {
-			$sql_extra = "`parent_uri`='".dbesc( $_GET["uri"] )  ."'";
+			$sql_extra = "`parent_mid`='".dbesc( $_GET["uri"] )  ."'";
 		}
 		elseif ($box=="all") {
 			$sql_extra = "true";
diff --git a/include/conversation.php b/include/conversation.php
index 9a2ddd151..882d108f5 100644
--- a/include/conversation.php
+++ b/include/conversation.php
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@ function localize_item(&$item){
 
  	if (activity_match($item['verb'],ACTIVITY_TAG)) {
 		$r = q("SELECT * from `item`,`contact` WHERE 
-		`item`.`contact-id`=`contact`.`id` AND `item`.`uri`='%s';",
-		 dbesc($item['parent_uri']));
+		`item`.`contact-id`=`contact`.`id` AND `item`.`mid`='%s';",
+		 dbesc($item['parent_mid']));
 		if(count($r)==0) return;
 		$obj=$r[0];
 		
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ function localize_item(&$item){
 
 		$obj = parse_xml_string($xmlhead.$item['object']);
 		if(strlen($obj->id)) {
-			$r = q("select * from item where uri = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
+			$r = q("select * from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
 					dbesc($obj->id),
 					intval($item['uid'])
 			);
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ function conversation(&$a, $items, $mode, $update, $page_mode = 'traditional') {
 					'like' => '',
 					'dislike' => '',
 					'comment' => '',
-					'conv' => (($preview) ? '' : array('href'=> z_root() . '/display/' . $item['uri'], 'title'=> t('View in context'))),
+					'conv' => (($preview) ? '' : array('href'=> z_root() . '/display/' . $item['mid'], 'title'=> t('View in context'))),
 					'previewing' => $previewing,
 					'wait' => t('Please wait'),
 					'thread_level' => 1,
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ function like_puller($a,$item,&$arr,$mode) {
 			$url = zid($url);
 
 		if(! $item['thr_parent'])
-			$item['thr_parent'] = $item['parent_uri'];
+			$item['thr_parent'] = $item['parent_mid'];
 
 		if(! ((isset($arr[$item['thr_parent'] . '-l'])) && (is_array($arr[$item['thr_parent'] . '-l']))))
 			$arr[$item['thr_parent'] . '-l'] = array();
@@ -1017,12 +1017,12 @@ function get_item_children($arr, $parent) {
 	foreach($arr as $item) {
 		if($item['id'] != $item['parent']) {
 			if(get_config('system','thread_allow')) {
-				// Fallback to parent_uri if thr_parent is not set
+				// Fallback to parent_mid if thr_parent is not set
 				$thr_parent = $item['thr_parent'];
 				if($thr_parent == '')
-					$thr_parent = $item['parent_uri'];
+					$thr_parent = $item['parent_mid'];
 				
-				if($thr_parent == $parent['uri']) {
+				if($thr_parent == $parent['mid']) {
 					$item['children'] = get_item_children($arr, $item);
 					$children[] = $item;
 				}
diff --git a/include/event.php b/include/event.php
index a178c717a..70257968f 100644
--- a/include/event.php
+++ b/include/event.php
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ function event_store($arr) {
 
 		$hash = random_string();
 
-		if(! $arr['uri'])
-			$arr['uri'] = item_message_id();
+		if(! $arr['mid'])
+			$arr['mid'] = item_message_id();
 
 
 		$r = q("INSERT INTO event ( uid,aid,event_xchan,event_hash,created,edited,start,finish,summary, `desc`,location,type,
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ function event_store($arr) {
 
 		$item_arr['uid']           = $arr['uid'];
 		$item_arr['author_xchan']  = $arr['event_xchan'];
-		$item_arr['uri']           = $arr['uri'];
-		$item_arr['parent_uri']    = $arr['uri'];
+		$item_arr['mid']           = $arr['mid'];
+		$item_arr['parent_mid']    = $arr['mid'];
 
 		$item_arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
 
diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 5c678fc3b..6b9ecdd48 100755
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -489,8 +489,8 @@ function get_item_elements($x) {
 
 	$arr['title']        = (($x['title'])          ? htmlentities($x['title'],          ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
 	$arr['app']          = (($x['app'])            ? htmlentities($x['app'],            ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
-	$arr['uri']          = (($x['message_id'])     ? htmlentities($x['message_id'],     ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
-	$arr['parent_uri']   = (($x['message_top'])    ? htmlentities($x['message_top'],    ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
+	$arr['mid']          = (($x['message_id'])     ? htmlentities($x['message_id'],     ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
+	$arr['parent_mid']   = (($x['message_top'])    ? htmlentities($x['message_top'],    ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
 	$arr['thr_parent']   = (($x['message_parent']) ? htmlentities($x['message_parent'], ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
 
 	$arr['plink']        = (($x['permalink'])      ? htmlentities($x['permalink'],      ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ function encode_item($item) {
 
 
 	if($item['item_restrict']  & ITEM_DELETED) {
-		$x['message_id'] = $item['uri'];
+		$x['message_id'] = $item['mid'];
 		$x['created']    = $item['created'];
 		$x['flags']      = array('deleted');
 		$x['owner']      = encode_item_xchan($item['owner']);
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ function encode_item($item) {
 		return $x;
 	}
 
-	$x['message_id']     = $item['uri'];
-	$x['message_top']    = $item['parent_uri'];
+	$x['message_id']     = $item['mid'];
+	$x['message_top']    = $item['parent_mid'];
 	$x['message_parent'] = $item['thr_parent'];
 	$x['created']        = $item['created'];
 	$x['edited']         = $item['edited'];
@@ -765,8 +765,8 @@ function encode_mail($item) {
 
 	logger('encode_mail: ' . print_r($item,true));
 
-	$x['message_id']     = $item['uri'];
-	$x['message_parent'] = $item['parent_uri'];
+	$x['message_id']     = $item['mid'];
+	$x['message_parent'] = $item['parent_mid'];
 	$x['created']        = $item['created'];
 	$x['title']          = $item['title'];
 	$x['body']           = $item['body'];
@@ -805,8 +805,8 @@ function get_mail_elements($x) {
 		$arr['created']  = datetime_convert();
 
 	$arr['title']        = (($x['title'])    ? htmlentities($x['title'],    ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
-	$arr['uri']          = (($x['message_id'])      ? htmlentities($x['message_id'],      ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
-	$arr['parent_uri']   = (($x['message_parent']) ? htmlentities($x['message_parent'], ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
+	$arr['mid']          = (($x['message_id'])      ? htmlentities($x['message_id'],      ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
+	$arr['parent_mid']   = (($x['message_parent']) ? htmlentities($x['message_parent'], ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8',false) : '');
 
 
 	if(import_author_xchan($x['from']))
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ function get_atom_elements($feed,$item) {
 		$res['author-name'] = unxmlify($feed->get_title());
 		$res['author-link'] = unxmlify($feed->get_permalink());
 	}
-	$res['uri'] = unxmlify($item->get_id());
+	$res['mid'] = unxmlify($item->get_id());
 	$res['title'] = unxmlify($item->get_title());
 	$res['body'] = unxmlify($item->get_content());
 	$res['plink'] = unxmlify($item->get_link(0));
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 	}
 
 	$arr['aid']           = ((x($arr,'aid'))           ? intval($arr['aid'])                 : 0);
-	$arr['uri']           = ((x($arr,'uri'))           ? notags(trim($arr['uri']))           : random_string());
+	$arr['mid']           = ((x($arr,'mid'))           ? notags(trim($arr['mid']))           : random_string());
 	$arr['author_xchan']  = ((x($arr,'author_xchan'))  ? notags(trim($arr['author_xchan']))  : '');
 	$arr['owner_xchan']   = ((x($arr,'owner_xchan'))   ? notags(trim($arr['owner_xchan']))   : '');
 	$arr['created']       = ((x($arr,'created') !== false) ? datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$arr['created']) : datetime_convert());
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 	$arr['title']         = ((x($arr,'title'))         ? notags(trim($arr['title']))         : '');
 	$arr['location']      = ((x($arr,'location'))      ? notags(trim($arr['location']))      : '');
 	$arr['coord']         = ((x($arr,'coord'))         ? notags(trim($arr['coord']))         : '');
-	$arr['parent_uri']    = ((x($arr,'parent_uri'))    ? notags(trim($arr['parent_uri']))    : '');
+	$arr['parent_mid']    = ((x($arr,'parent_mid'))    ? notags(trim($arr['parent_mid']))    : '');
 	$arr['verb']          = ((x($arr,'verb'))          ? notags(trim($arr['verb']))          : '');
 	$arr['obj_type']      = ((x($arr,'obj_type'))      ? notags(trim($arr['obj_type']))      : '');
 	$arr['object']        = ((x($arr,'object'))        ? trim($arr['object'])                : '');
@@ -1358,14 +1358,14 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 	
 	$arr['item_flags'] = $arr['item_flags'] | ITEM_UNSEEN;
 	
-	$arr['thr_parent'] = $arr['parent_uri'];
+	$arr['thr_parent'] = $arr['parent_mid'];
 
-	$arr['llink'] = z_root() . '/display/' . $arr['uri'];
+	$arr['llink'] = z_root() . '/display/' . $arr['mid'];
 
 	if(! $arr['plink'])
 		$arr['plink'] = $arr['llink'];
 
-	if($arr['parent_uri'] === $arr['uri']) {
+	if($arr['parent_mid'] === $arr['mid']) {
 		$parent_id = 0;
 		$parent_deleted = 0;
 		$allow_cid = $arr['allow_cid'];
@@ -1379,8 +1379,8 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 		// find the parent and snarf the item id and ACL's
 		// and anything else we need to inherit
 
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($arr['parent_uri']),
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC LIMIT 1",
+			dbesc($arr['parent_mid']),
 			intval($arr['uid'])
 		);
 
@@ -1390,12 +1390,12 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 			// even though we don't support it now, preserve the info
 			// and re-attach to the conversation parent.
 
-			if($r[0]['uri'] != $r[0]['parent_uri']) {
-				$arr['parent_uri'] = $r[0]['parent_uri'];
-				$z = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `parent_uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d 
+			if($r[0]['mid'] != $r[0]['parent_mid']) {
+				$arr['parent_mid'] = $r[0]['parent_mid'];
+				$z = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `parent_mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d 
 					ORDER BY `id` ASC LIMIT 1",
-					dbesc($r[0]['parent_uri']),
-					dbesc($r[0]['parent_uri']),
+					dbesc($r[0]['parent_mid']),
+					dbesc($r[0]['parent_mid']),
 					intval($arr['uid'])
 				);
 				if($z && count($z))
@@ -1434,7 +1434,7 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 			if($force_parent) {
 				logger('item_store: $force_parent=true, reply converted to top-level post.');
 				$parent_id = 0;
-				$arr['parent_uri'] = $arr['uri'];
+				$arr['parent_mid'] = $arr['mid'];
 				$arr['flags'] = $arr['flags'] | ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
 			}
 			else {
@@ -1450,8 +1450,8 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 		$arr['item_restrict'] = $arr['item_restrict'] | ITEM_DELETED;
 	
 	
-	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($arr['uri']),
+	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+		dbesc($arr['mid']),
 		intval($arr['uid'])
 	);
 	if($r) {
@@ -1486,8 +1486,8 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 
 	// find the item we just created
 
-	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC ",
-		$arr['uri'],           // already dbesc'd
+	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC ",
+		$arr['mid'],           // already dbesc'd
 		intval($arr['uid'])
 	);
 
@@ -1501,14 +1501,14 @@ function item_store($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 	}
 	if(count($r) > 1) {
 		logger('item_store: duplicated post occurred. Removing duplicates.');
-		q("DELETE FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `id` != %d ",
-			$arr['uri'],
+		q("DELETE FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `id` != %d ",
+			$arr['mid'],
 			intval($arr['uid']),
 			intval($current_post)
 		);
 	}
 
-	if((! $parent_id) || ($arr['parent_uri'] === $arr['uri']))	
+	if((! $parent_id) || ($arr['parent_mid'] === $arr['mid']))	
 		$parent_id = $current_post;
 
  	if(strlen($allow_cid) || strlen($allow_gid) || strlen($deny_cid) || strlen($deny_gid))
@@ -1636,9 +1636,9 @@ function item_store_update($arr,$force_parent = false) {
 	}		
 
 	unset($arr['aid']);
-	unset($arr['uri']);
+	unset($arr['mid']);
 	unset($arr['parent']);
-	unset($arr['parent_uri']);
+	unset($arr['parent_mid']);
 	unset($arr['created']);
 	unset($arr['author_xchan']);
 	unset($arr['owner_xchan']);
@@ -1762,8 +1762,8 @@ function send_status_notifications($post_id,$item) {
 
 	// Was I involved in this conversation?
 
-	$x = q("select * from item where parent_uri = '%s' and uid = %d",
-		dbesc($item['parent_uri']),
+	$x = q("select * from item where parent_mid = '%s' and uid = %d",
+		dbesc($item['parent_mid']),
 		intval($item['uid'])
 	);
 	if($x) {
@@ -1785,11 +1785,11 @@ function send_status_notifications($post_id,$item) {
 		'from_xchan'   => $item['author_xchan'],
 		'to_xchan'     => $r[0]['channel_hash'],
 		'item'         => $item,
-		'link'		   => get_app()->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $item['uri'],
+		'link'		   => get_app()->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $item['mid'],
 		'verb'         => ACTIVITY_POST,
 		'otype'        => 'item',
 		'parent'       => $parent,
-		'parent_uri'   => $item['parent_uri']
+		'parent_mid'   => $item['parent_mid']
 	));
 	return;
 }
@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ function tgroup_check($uid,$item) {
 
 	// check that the message originated elsewhere and is a top-level post
 
-	if(($item['wall']) || ($item['origin']) || ($item['uri'] != $item['parent-uri']))
+	if(($item['wall']) || ($item['origin']) || ($item['mid'] != $item['parent-mid']))
 		return false;
 
 
@@ -1996,23 +1996,23 @@ function mail_store($arr) {
 		$arr['body'] = escape_tags($arr['body']);
 
 	$arr['account_id']    = ((x($arr,'account_id'))           ? intval($arr['account_id'])                 : 0);
-	$arr['uri']           = ((x($arr,'uri'))           ? notags(trim($arr['uri']))           : random_string());
+	$arr['mid']           = ((x($arr,'mid'))           ? notags(trim($arr['mid']))           : random_string());
 	$arr['from_xchan']    = ((x($arr,'from_xchan'))  ? notags(trim($arr['from_xchan']))  : '');
 	$arr['to_xchan']   = ((x($arr,'to_xchan'))   ? notags(trim($arr['to_xchan']))   : '');
 	$arr['created']       = ((x($arr,'created') !== false) ? datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$arr['created']) : datetime_convert());
 	$arr['title']         = ((x($arr,'title'))         ? notags(trim($arr['title']))         : '');
-	$arr['parent_uri']    = ((x($arr,'parent_uri'))    ? notags(trim($arr['parent_uri']))    : '');
+	$arr['parent_mid']    = ((x($arr,'parent_mid'))    ? notags(trim($arr['parent_mid']))    : '');
 	$arr['body']          = ((x($arr,'body'))          ? trim($arr['body'])                  : '');
 	$arr['mail_flags']    = ((x($arr,'mail_flags'))    ? intval($arr['mail_flags'])          : 0 );
 	
 
-	if(! $arr['parent_uri']) {
+	if(! $arr['parent_mid']) {
 		logger('mail_store: missing parent');
-		$arr['parent_uri'] = $arr['uri'];
+		$arr['parent_mid'] = $arr['mid'];
 	}
 
-	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM mail WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND channel_id = %d LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($arr['uri']),
+	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM mail WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND channel_id = %d LIMIT 1",
+		dbesc($arr['mid']),
 		intval($arr['channel_id'])
 	);
 	if($r) {
@@ -2039,8 +2039,8 @@ function mail_store($arr) {
 
 	// find the item we just created
 
-	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM mail WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `channel_id` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC ",
-		$arr['uri'],           // already dbesc'd
+	$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM mail WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `channel_id` = %d ORDER BY `id` ASC ",
+		$arr['mid'],           // already dbesc'd
 		intval($arr['channel_id'])
 	);
 
@@ -2055,8 +2055,8 @@ function mail_store($arr) {
 	}
 	if(count($r) > 1) {
 		logger('mail_store: duplicated post occurred. Removing duplicates.');
-		q("DELETE FROM mail WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `channel_id` = %d AND `id` != %d ",
-			$arr['uri'],
+		q("DELETE FROM mail WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `channel_id` = %d AND `id` != %d ",
+			$arr['mid'],
 			intval($arr['channel_id']),
 			intval($current_post)
 		);
@@ -2509,7 +2509,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 		foreach($del_entries as $dentry) {
 			$deleted = false;
 			if(isset($dentry['attribs']['']['ref'])) {
-				$uri = $dentry['attribs']['']['ref'];
+				$mid = $dentry['attribs']['']['ref'];
 				$deleted = true;
 				if(isset($dentry['attribs']['']['when'])) {
 					$when = $dentry['attribs']['']['when'];
@@ -2520,8 +2520,8 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 			}
 			if($deleted && is_array($contact)) {
 				$r = q("SELECT `item`.*, `contact`.`self` FROM `item` left join `contact` on `item`.`contact-id` = `contact`.`id` 
-					WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `item`.`uid` = %d AND `contact-id` = %d AND NOT `item`.`file` LIKE '%%[%%' LIMIT 1",
-					dbesc($uri),
+					WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `item`.`uid` = %d AND `contact-id` = %d AND NOT `item`.`file` LIKE '%%[%%' LIMIT 1",
+					dbesc($mid),
 					intval($importer['uid']),
 					intval($contact['id'])
 				);
@@ -2529,13 +2529,13 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 					$item = $r[0];
 
 					if(! $item['deleted'])
-						logger('consume_feed: deleting item ' . $item['id'] . ' uri=' . $item['uri'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
+						logger('consume_feed: deleting item ' . $item['id'] . ' mid=' . $item['mid'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 					if(($item['verb'] === ACTIVITY_TAG) && ($item['obj_type'] === ACTIVITY_OBJ_TAGTERM)) {
 						$xo = parse_xml_string($item['object'],false);
 						$xt = parse_xml_string($item['target'],false);
 						if($xt->type === ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE) {
-							$i = q("select * from `item` where uri = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
+							$i = q("select * from `item` where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
 								dbesc($xt->id),
 								intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 							);
@@ -2566,23 +2566,23 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 						}
 					}
 
-					if($item['uri'] == $item['parent_uri']) {
+					if($item['mid'] == $item['parent_mid']) {
 						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s',
 							`body` = '', `title` = ''
-							WHERE `parent_uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
+							WHERE `parent_mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
 							dbesc($when),
 							dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-							dbesc($item['uri']),
+							dbesc($item['mid']),
 							intval($importer['uid'])
 						);
 					}
 					else {
 						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s',
 							`body` = '', `title` = '' 
-							WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+							WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 							dbesc($when),
 							dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-							dbesc($uri),
+							dbesc($mid),
 							intval($importer['uid'])
 						);
 					}
@@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 			$rawthread = $item->get_item_tags( NAMESPACE_THREAD,'in-reply-to');
 			if(isset($rawthread[0]['attribs']['']['ref'])) {
 				$is_reply = true;
-				$parent_uri = $rawthread[0]['attribs']['']['ref'];
+				$parent_mid = $rawthread[0]['attribs']['']['ref'];
 			}
 
 			if(($is_reply) && is_array($contact)) {
@@ -2643,7 +2643,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 				}
 
 
-				$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `edited`, `body` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `edited`, `body` FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 					dbesc($item_id),
 					intval($importer['uid'])
 				);
@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 						if(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$datarray['edited']) < $r[0]['edited'])
 							continue;
 
-						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 							dbesc($datarray['title']),
 							dbesc($datarray['body']),
 							dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$datarray['edited'])),
@@ -2670,19 +2670,19 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 				}
 
 
-				$datarray['parent_uri'] = $parent_uri;
+				$datarray['parent_mid'] = $parent_mid;
 				$datarray['uid'] = $importer['uid'];
 				$datarray['contact-id'] = $contact['id'];
 				if((activity_match($datarray['verb'],ACTIVITY_LIKE)) || (activity_match($datarray['verb'],ACTIVITY_DISLIKE))) {
 					$datarray['type'] = 'activity';
 					$datarray['gravity'] = GRAVITY_LIKE;
 					// only one like or dislike per person
-					$r = q("select id from item where uid = %d and `contact-id` = %d and verb ='%s' and deleted = 0 and (`parent_uri` = '%s' OR `thr_parent` = '%s') limit 1",
+					$r = q("select id from item where uid = %d and `contact-id` = %d and verb ='%s' and deleted = 0 and (`parent_mid` = '%s' OR `thr_parent` = '%s') limit 1",
 						intval($datarray['uid']),
 						intval($datarray['contact-id']),
 						dbesc($datarray['verb']),
-						dbesc($parent_uri),
-						dbesc($parent_uri)
+						dbesc($parent_mid),
+						dbesc($parent_mid)
 					);
 					if($r && count($r))
 						continue; 
@@ -2693,7 +2693,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 					$xt = parse_xml_string($datarray['target'],false);
 
 					if($xt->type == ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE) {
-						$r = q("select * from item where `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d limit 1",
+						$r = q("select * from item where `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d limit 1",
 							dbesc($xt->id),
 							intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 						);
@@ -2745,13 +2745,13 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 					$ev = bbtoevent($datarray['body']);
 					if(x($ev,'desc') && x($ev,'start')) {
 						$ev['uid'] = $importer['uid'];
-						$ev['uri'] = $item_id;
+						$ev['mid'] = $item_id;
 						$ev['edited'] = $datarray['edited'];
 						$ev['private'] = $datarray['private'];
 
 						if(is_array($contact))
 							$ev['cid'] = $contact['id'];
-						$r = q("SELECT * FROM `event` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+						$r = q("SELECT * FROM `event` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 							dbesc($item_id),
 							intval($importer['uid'])
 						);
@@ -2762,7 +2762,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 					}
 				}
 
-				$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `edited`, `body` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `edited`, `body` FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 					dbesc($item_id),
 					intval($importer['uid'])
 				);
@@ -2776,7 +2776,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 						if(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$datarray['edited']) < $r[0]['edited'])
 							continue;
 
-						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 							dbesc($datarray['title']),
 							dbesc($datarray['body']),
 							dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$datarray['edited'])),
@@ -2820,7 +2820,7 @@ function consume_feed($xml,$importer,&$contact, &$hub, $datedir = 0, $pass = 0)
 					$datarray['wall'] = 1;
 				}
 
-				$datarray['parent_uri'] = $item_id;
+				$datarray['parent_mid'] = $item_id;
 				$datarray['uid'] = $importer['uid'];
 				$datarray['contact-id'] = $contact['id'];
 
@@ -3129,8 +3129,8 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 		$msg['body'] = escape_tags(unxmlify($base['content'][0]['data']));
 		$msg['seen'] = 0;
 		$msg['replied'] = 0;
-		$msg['uri'] = notags(unxmlify($base['id'][0]['data']));
-		$msg['parent_uri'] = notags(unxmlify($base['in-reply-to'][0]['data']));
+		$msg['mid'] = notags(unxmlify($base['id'][0]['data']));
+		$msg['parent_mid'] = notags(unxmlify($base['in-reply-to'][0]['data']));
 		$msg['created'] = datetime_convert(notags(unxmlify('UTC','UTC',$base['sentdate'][0]['data'])));
 		
 		dbesc_array($msg);
@@ -3185,7 +3185,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 		foreach($del_entries as $dentry) {
 			$deleted = false;
 			if(isset($dentry['attribs']['']['ref'])) {
-				$uri = $dentry['attribs']['']['ref'];
+				$mid = $dentry['attribs']['']['ref'];
 				$deleted = true;
 				if(isset($dentry['attribs']['']['when'])) {
 					$when = $dentry['attribs']['']['when'];
@@ -3199,12 +3199,12 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 				// check for relayed deletes to our conversation
 
 				$is_reply = false;		
-				$r = q("select * from item where uri = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
-					dbesc($uri),
+				$r = q("select * from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
+					dbesc($mid),
 					intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 				);
 				if(count($r)) {
-					$parent_uri = $r[0]['parent_uri'];
+					$parent_mid = $r[0]['parent_mid'];
 					if($r[0]['id'] != $r[0]['parent'])
 						$is_reply = true;
 				}				
@@ -3225,16 +3225,16 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 
 					$is_a_remote_delete = false;
 
-					$r = q("select `item`.`id`, `item`.`uri`, `item`.`forum_mode`,`item`.`origin`,`item`.`wall`, 
+					$r = q("select `item`.`id`, `item`.`mid`, `item`.`forum_mode`,`item`.`origin`,`item`.`wall`, 
 						`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`thumb` from `item` 
 						LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id` 
-						WHERE `item`.`uri` = '%s' AND (`item`.`parent_uri` = '%s' or `item`.`thr_parent` = '%s')
+						WHERE `item`.`mid` = '%s' AND (`item`.`parent_mid` = '%s' or `item`.`thr_parent` = '%s')
 						AND `item`.`uid` = %d 
 						$sql_extra
 						LIMIT 1",
-						dbesc($parent_uri),
-						dbesc($parent_uri),
-						dbesc($parent_uri),
+						dbesc($parent_mid),
+						dbesc($parent_mid),
+						dbesc($parent_mid),
 						intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 					);
 					if($r && count($r))
@@ -3258,8 +3258,8 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 				}
 
 				$r = q("SELECT `item`.*, `contact`.`self` FROM `item` left join contact on `item`.`contact-id` = `contact`.`id`
-					WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `item`.`uid` = %d AND `contact-id` = %d AND NOT `item`.`file` LIKE '%%[%%' LIMIT 1",
-					dbesc($uri),
+					WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `item`.`uid` = %d AND `contact-id` = %d AND NOT `item`.`file` LIKE '%%[%%' LIMIT 1",
+					dbesc($mid),
 					intval($importer['importer_uid']),
 					intval($importer['id'])
 				);
@@ -3270,14 +3270,14 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 					if($item['deleted'])
 						continue;
 
-					logger('local_delivery: deleting item ' . $item['id'] . ' uri=' . $item['uri'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
+					logger('local_delivery: deleting item ' . $item['id'] . ' mid=' . $item['mid'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 					if(($item['verb'] === ACTIVITY_TAG) && ($item['obj_type'] === ACTIVITY_OBJ_TAGTERM)) {
 						$xo = parse_xml_string($item['object'],false);
 						$xt = parse_xml_string($item['target'],false);
 
 						if($xt->type === ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE) {
-							$i = q("select * from `item` where uri = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
+							$i = q("select * from `item` where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
 								dbesc($xt->id),
 								intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 							);
@@ -3309,23 +3309,23 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 						}
 					}
 
-					if($item['uri'] == $item['parent_uri']) {
+					if($item['mid'] == $item['parent_mid']) {
 						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s',
 							`body` = '', `title` = ''
-							WHERE `parent_uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
+							WHERE `parent_mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
 							dbesc($when),
 							dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-							dbesc($item['uri']),
+							dbesc($item['mid']),
 							intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 						);
 					}
 					else {
 						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s',
 							`body` = '', `title` = ''
-							WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+							WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 							dbesc($when),
 							dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-							dbesc($uri),
+							dbesc($mid),
 							intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 						);
 
@@ -3347,7 +3347,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 		$rawthread = $item->get_item_tags( NAMESPACE_THREAD, 'in-reply-to');
 		if(isset($rawthread[0]['attribs']['']['ref'])) {
 			$is_reply = true;
-			$parent_uri = $rawthread[0]['attribs']['']['ref'];
+			$parent_mid = $rawthread[0]['attribs']['']['ref'];
 		}
 
 		if($is_reply) {
@@ -3367,16 +3367,16 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 			$is_a_remote_comment = false;
 
 			// POSSIBLE CLEANUP --> Why select so many fields when only forum_mode and wall are used?
-			$r = q("select `item`.`id`, `item`.`uri`, `item`.`forum_mode`,`item`.`origin`,`item`.`wall`, 
+			$r = q("select `item`.`id`, `item`.`mid`, `item`.`forum_mode`,`item`.`origin`,`item`.`wall`, 
 				`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`thumb` from `item` 
 				LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id` 
-				WHERE `item`.`uri` = '%s' AND (`item`.`parent_uri` = '%s' or `item`.`thr_parent` = '%s')
+				WHERE `item`.`mid` = '%s' AND (`item`.`parent_mid` = '%s' or `item`.`thr_parent` = '%s')
 				AND `item`.`uid` = %d 
 				$sql_extra
 				LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($parent_uri),
-				dbesc($parent_uri),
-				dbesc($parent_uri),
+				dbesc($parent_mid),
+				dbesc($parent_mid),
+				dbesc($parent_mid),
 				intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 			);
 			if($r && count($r))
@@ -3401,7 +3401,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 
 				$datarray = get_atom_elements($feed,$item);
 
-				$r = q("SELECT `id`, `uid`, `edited`, `body`  FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				$r = q("SELECT `id`, `uid`, `edited`, `body`  FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 					dbesc($item_id),
 					intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 				);
@@ -3417,7 +3417,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 							continue;
   
 						logger('received updated comment' , LOGGER_DEBUG);
-						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 							dbesc($datarray['title']),
 							dbesc($datarray['body']),
 							dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$datarray['edited'])),
@@ -3441,7 +3441,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 
 				$datarray['type'] = 'remote-comment';
 				$datarray['wall'] = 1;
-				$datarray['parent_uri'] = $parent_uri;
+				$datarray['parent_mid'] = $parent_mid;
 				$datarray['uid'] = $importer['importer_uid'];
 				$datarray['owner-name'] = $own[0]['name'];
 				$datarray['owner-link'] = $own[0]['url'];
@@ -3454,12 +3454,12 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 					$datarray['gravity'] = GRAVITY_LIKE;
 
 					// only one like or dislike per person
-					$r = q("select id from item where uid = %d and `contact-id` = %d and verb = '%s' and (`thr_parent` = '%s' or `parent_uri` = '%s') and deleted = 0 limit 1",
+					$r = q("select id from item where uid = %d and `contact-id` = %d and verb = '%s' and (`thr_parent` = '%s' or `parent_mid` = '%s') and deleted = 0 limit 1",
 						intval($datarray['uid']),
 						intval($datarray['contact-id']),
 						dbesc($datarray['verb']),
-						dbesc($datarray['parent_uri']),
-						dbesc($datarray['parent_uri'])
+						dbesc($datarray['parent_mid']),
+						dbesc($datarray['parent_mid'])
 		
 					);
 					if($r && count($r))
@@ -3475,7 +3475,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 
 						// fetch the parent item
 
-						$tagp = q("select * from item where uri = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
+						$tagp = q("select * from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
 							dbesc($xt->id),
 							intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 						);
@@ -3507,13 +3507,13 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 				$parent = 0;
 
 				if($posted_id) {
-					$r = q("SELECT `parent`, `parent_uri` FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+					$r = q("SELECT `parent`, `parent_mid` FROM `item` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 						intval($posted_id),
 						intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 					);
 					if(count($r)) {
 						$parent = $r[0]['parent'];
-						$parent_uri = $r[0]['parent_uri'];
+						$parent_mid = $r[0]['parent_mid'];
 					}
 			
 					if(! $is_like) {
@@ -3554,7 +3554,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 								'verb'         => ACTIVITY_POST,
 								'otype'        => 'item',
 								'parent'       => $parent,
-								'parent_uri'   => $parent_uri,
+								'parent_mid'   => $parent_mid,
 							));
 
 						}
@@ -3575,7 +3575,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
  					continue;
  
 
-				$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `edited`, `body` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `edited`, `body` FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 					dbesc($item_id),
 					intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 				);
@@ -3589,7 +3589,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 						if(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$datarray['edited']) < $r[0]['edited'])
 							continue;
 
-						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+						$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 							dbesc($datarray['title']),
 							dbesc($datarray['body']),
 							dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$datarray['edited'])),
@@ -3601,19 +3601,19 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 					continue;
 				}
 
-				$datarray['parent_uri'] = $parent_uri;
+				$datarray['parent_mid'] = $parent_mid;
 				$datarray['uid'] = $importer['importer_uid'];
 				$datarray['contact-id'] = $importer['id'];
 				if(($datarray['verb'] == ACTIVITY_LIKE) || ($datarray['verb'] == ACTIVITY_DISLIKE)) {
 					$datarray['type'] = 'activity';
 					$datarray['gravity'] = GRAVITY_LIKE;
 					// only one like or dislike per person
-					$r = q("select id from item where uid = %d and `contact-id` = %d and verb ='%s' and deleted = 0 and (`parent_uri` = '%s' OR `thr_parent` = '%s') limit 1",
+					$r = q("select id from item where uid = %d and `contact-id` = %d and verb ='%s' and deleted = 0 and (`parent_mid` = '%s' OR `thr_parent` = '%s') limit 1",
 						intval($datarray['uid']),
 						intval($datarray['contact-id']),
 						dbesc($datarray['verb']),
-						dbesc($parent_uri),
-						dbesc($parent_uri)
+						dbesc($parent_mid),
+						dbesc($parent_mid)
 					);
 					if($r && count($r))
 						continue; 
@@ -3626,7 +3626,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 					$xt = parse_xml_string($datarray['target'],false);
 
 					if($xt->type == ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE) {
-						$r = q("select * from item where `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d limit 1",
+						$r = q("select * from item where `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d limit 1",
 							dbesc($xt->id),
 							intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 						);
@@ -3651,8 +3651,8 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 			
 				if(!x($datarray['type']) || $datarray['type'] != 'activity') {
 
-					$myconv = q("SELECT `author-link`, `author-avatar`, `parent` FROM `item` WHERE `parent_uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `parent` != 0 AND `deleted` = 0",
-						dbesc($parent_uri),
+					$myconv = q("SELECT `author-link`, `author-avatar`, `parent` FROM `item` WHERE `parent_mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d AND `parent` != 0 AND `deleted` = 0",
+						dbesc($parent_mid),
 						intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 					);
 
@@ -3690,7 +3690,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 									'verb'         => ACTIVITY_POST,
 									'otype'        => 'item',
 									'parent'       => $conv_parent,
-									'parent_uri'   => $parent_uri
+									'parent_mid'   => $parent_mid
 
 								));
 
@@ -3717,11 +3717,11 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 				if(x($ev,'desc') && x($ev,'start')) {
 					$ev['cid'] = $importer['id'];
 					$ev['uid'] = $importer['uid'];
-					$ev['uri'] = $item_id;
+					$ev['mid'] = $item_id;
 					$ev['edited'] = $datarray['edited'];
 					$ev['private'] = $datarray['private'];
 
-					$r = q("SELECT * FROM `event` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+					$r = q("SELECT * FROM `event` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 						dbesc($item_id),
 						intval($importer['uid'])
 					);
@@ -3732,7 +3732,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `edited`, `body` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			$r = q("SELECT `uid`, `edited`, `body` FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 				dbesc($item_id),
 				intval($importer['importer_uid'])
 			);
@@ -3746,7 +3746,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 					if(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$datarray['edited']) < $r[0]['edited'])
 						continue;
 
-					$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+					$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `title` = '%s', `body` = '%s', `edited` = '%s' WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
 						dbesc($datarray['title']),
 						dbesc($datarray['body']),
 						dbesc(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$datarray['edited'])),
@@ -3764,7 +3764,7 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 			if($importer['remote_self'])
 				$datarray['wall'] = 1;
 
-			$datarray['parent_uri'] = $item_id;
+			$datarray['parent_mid'] = $item_id;
 			$datarray['uid'] = $importer['importer_uid'];
 			$datarray['contact-id'] = $importer['id'];
 
@@ -3992,7 +3992,7 @@ function atom_entry($item,$type,$author,$owner,$comment = false,$cid = 0) {
 		return;
 
 	if($item['deleted'])
-		return '<at:deleted-entry ref="' . xmlify($item['uri']) . '" when="' . xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$item['edited'] . '+00:00',ATOM_TIME)) . '" />' . "\r\n";
+		return '<at:deleted-entry ref="' . xmlify($item['mid']) . '" when="' . xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$item['edited'] . '+00:00',ATOM_TIME)) . '" />' . "\r\n";
 
 
 	if($item['allow_cid'] || $item['allow_gid'] || $item['deny_cid'] || $item['deny_gid'])
@@ -4010,12 +4010,12 @@ function atom_entry($item,$type,$author,$owner,$comment = false,$cid = 0) {
 	if(strlen($item['owner-name']))
 		$o .= atom_author('dfrn:owner',$item['owner-name'],$item['owner-link'],80,80,$item['owner-avatar']);
 
-	if(($item['parent'] != $item['id']) || ($item['parent_uri'] !== $item['uri']) || (($item['thr_parent'] !== '') && ($item['thr_parent'] !== $item['uri']))) {
-		$parent_item = (($item['thr_parent']) ? $item['thr_parent'] : $item['parent_uri']);
+	if(($item['parent'] != $item['id']) || ($item['parent_mid'] !== $item['mid']) || (($item['thr_parent'] !== '') && ($item['thr_parent'] !== $item['mid']))) {
+		$parent_item = (($item['thr_parent']) ? $item['thr_parent'] : $item['parent_mid']);
 		$o .= '<thr:in-reply-to ref="' . xmlify($parent_item) . '" type="text/html" href="' .  xmlify($a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $owner['nickname'] . '/' . $item['parent']) . '" />' . "\r\n";
 	}
 
-	$o .= '<id>' . xmlify($item['uri']) . '</id>' . "\r\n";
+	$o .= '<id>' . xmlify($item['mid']) . '</id>' . "\r\n";
 	$o .= '<title>' . xmlify($item['title']) . '</title>' . "\r\n";
 	$o .= '<published>' . xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$item['created'] . '+00:00',ATOM_TIME)) . '</published>' . "\r\n";
 	$o .= '<updated>' . xmlify(datetime_convert('UTC','UTC',$item['edited'] . '+00:00',ATOM_TIME)) . '</updated>' . "\r\n";
diff --git a/include/message.php b/include/message.php
index 4fd10ad8c..8b7ed5d03 100644
--- a/include/message.php
+++ b/include/message.php
@@ -43,21 +43,21 @@ function send_message($uid = 0, $recipient='', $body='', $subject='', $replyto='
 		$dups = false;
 		$hash = random_string();
 
-		$uri = $hash . '@' . get_app()->get_hostname();
+		$mid = $hash . '@' . get_app()->get_hostname();
 
-		$r = q("SELECT id FROM mail WHERE uri = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($uri));
+		$r = q("SELECT id FROM mail WHERE mid = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+			dbesc($mid));
 		if(count($r))
 			$dups = true;
 	} while($dups == true);
 
 
 	if(! strlen($replyto)) {
-		$replyto = $uri;
+		$replyto = $mid;
 	}
 
 	
-	$r = q("INSERT INTO mail ( account_id, channel_id, from_xchan, to_xchan, title, body, uri, parent_uri, created )
+	$r = q("INSERT INTO mail ( account_id, channel_id, from_xchan, to_xchan, title, body, mid, parent_mid, created )
 		VALUES ( %d, %d, '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' )",
 		intval($channel['channel_account_id']),
 		intval($channel['channel_id']),
@@ -65,15 +65,15 @@ function send_message($uid = 0, $recipient='', $body='', $subject='', $replyto='
 		dbesc($recipient),
 		dbesc($subject),
 		dbesc($body),
-		dbesc($uri),
+		dbesc($mid),
 		dbesc($replyto),
 		dbesc(datetime_convert())
 	);
 
 	// verify the save
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM mail WHERE uri = '%s' and channel_id = %d LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($uri),
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM mail WHERE mid = '%s' and channel_id = %d LIMIT 1",
+		dbesc($mid),
 		intval($channel['channel_id'])
 	);
 	if($r)
@@ -221,13 +221,13 @@ function private_messages_drop($channel_id, $messageitem_id, $drop_conversation
 
 	if($drop_conversation) {
 		// find the parent_id
-		$p = q("SELECT parent_uri FROM mail WHERE id = %d AND channel_id = %d LIMIT 1",
+		$p = q("SELECT parent_mid FROM mail WHERE id = %d AND channel_id = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($messageitem_id),
 			intval($channel_id)
 		);
 		if($p) {
-			$r = q("DELETE FROM mail WHERE parent_uri = '%s' AND channel_id = %d ",
-				dbesc($p[0]['parent_uri']),
+			$r = q("DELETE FROM mail WHERE parent_mid = '%s' AND channel_id = %d ",
+				dbesc($p[0]['parent_mid']),
 				intval($channel_id)
 			);
 			if($r)
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ function private_messages_drop($channel_id, $messageitem_id, $drop_conversation
 
 function private_messages_fetch_conversation($channel_id, $messageitem_id, $updateseen = false) {
 
-	// find the parent_uri of the message being requested
+	// find the parent_mid of the message being requested
 
-	$r = q("SELECT parent_uri from mail WHERE channel_id = %d and id = %d limit 1",
+	$r = q("SELECT parent_mid from mail WHERE channel_id = %d and id = %d limit 1",
 		intval($channel_id),
 		intval($messageitem_id)
 	);
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ function private_messages_fetch_conversation($channel_id, $messageitem_id, $upda
 	if(! $r) 
 		return array();
 
-	$messages = q("select * from mail where parent_uri = '%s' and channel_id = %d order by created asc",
-		dbesc($r[0]['parent_uri']),
+	$messages = q("select * from mail where parent_mid = '%s' and channel_id = %d order by created asc",
+		dbesc($r[0]['parent_mid']),
 		intval($channel_id)
 	);
 
@@ -286,10 +286,10 @@ function private_messages_fetch_conversation($channel_id, $messageitem_id, $upda
 
 
 	if($updateseen) {
-		$r = q("UPDATE `mail` SET mail_flags = (mail_flags ^ %d) where not (mail_flags & %d) and parent_uri = '%s' AND channel_id = %d",
+		$r = q("UPDATE `mail` SET mail_flags = (mail_flags ^ %d) where not (mail_flags & %d) and parent_mid = '%s' AND channel_id = %d",
 			intval(MAIL_SEEN),
 			intval(MAIL_SEEN),
-			dbesc($r[0]['parent_uri']),
+			dbesc($r[0]['parent_mid']),
 			intval($channel_id)
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/include/photos.php b/include/photos.php
index 0e6aa8c96..e0d1762bb 100644
--- a/include/photos.php
+++ b/include/photos.php
@@ -180,21 +180,21 @@ function photo_upload($channel, $observer, $args) {
 	}
 
 	$basename = basename($filename);
-	$uri = item_message_id();
+	$mid = item_message_id();
 
 	// Create item container
 
 	$item_flags = ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
 	$item_restrict = (($visible) ? ITEM_VISIBLE : ITEM_HIDDEN);			
 	$title = '';
-	$uri = item_message_id();
+	$mid = item_message_id();
 			
 	$arr = array();
 
 	$arr['aid']           = $account_id;
 	$arr['uid']           = $channel_id;
-	$arr['uri']           = $uri;
-	$arr['parent_uri']    = $uri; 
+	$arr['mid']           = $mid;
+	$arr['parent_mid']    = $mid; 
 	$arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
 	$arr['item_restrict'] = $item_restrict;
 	$arr['resource_type'] = 'photo';
@@ -330,14 +330,14 @@ function photos_create_item($channel, $creator_hash, $photo, $visible = false) {
 	$item_restrict = (($visible) ? ITEM_HIDDEN : ITEM_VISIBLE);			
 
 	$title = '';
-	$uri = item_message_id();
+	$mid = item_message_id();
 			
 	$arr = array();
 
 	$arr['aid']           = $channel['channel_account_id'];
 	$arr['uid']           = $channel['channel_id'];
-	$arr['uri']           = $uri;
-	$arr['parent_uri']    = $uri; 
+	$arr['mid']           = $mid;
+	$arr['parent_mid']    = $mid; 
 	$arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
 	$arr['item_restrict'] = $item_restrict;
 	$arr['resource_type'] = 'photo';
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 13e95f2d1..6e0e63df3 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -394,14 +394,14 @@ function item_message_id() {
 		$dups = false;
 		$hash = random_string();
 
-		$uri = $hash . '@' . get_app()->get_hostname();
+		$mid = $hash . '@' . get_app()->get_hostname();
 
-		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-			dbesc($uri));
+		$r = q("SELECT `id` FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+			dbesc($mid));
 		if(count($r))
 			$dups = true;
 	} while($dups == true);
-	return $uri;
+	return $mid;
 }
 
 // Generate a guaranteed unique photo ID.
diff --git a/include/zot.php b/include/zot.php
index 814a694ac..7c54e5239 100644
--- a/include/zot.php
+++ b/include/zot.php
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ function process_delivery($sender,$arr,$deliveries,$relay) {
 
 		$channel = $r[0];
 
-		$perm = (($arr['uri'] == $arr['parent_uri']) ? 'send_stream' : 'post_comments');
+		$perm = (($arr['mid'] == $arr['parent_mid']) ? 'send_stream' : 'post_comments');
 
 		if(! perm_is_allowed($channel['channel_id'],$sender['hash'],$perm)) {
 			logger("permission denied for delivery {$channel['channel_id']}");
@@ -957,13 +957,13 @@ function process_delivery($sender,$arr,$deliveries,$relay) {
 				$ev['uid']         = $channel['channel_id'];
 				$ev['account']     = $channel['channel_account_id'];
 				$ev['edited']      = $arr['edited'];
-				$ev['uri']         = $arr['uri'];
+				$ev['mid']         = $arr['mid'];
 				$ev['private']     = $arr['item_private'];
 
 				// is this an edit?
 
-				$r = q("SELECT resource_id FROM item where uri = '%s' and uid = %d and resource_type = 'event' limit 1",
-					dbesc($arr['uri']),
+				$r = q("SELECT resource_id FROM item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d and resource_type = 'event' limit 1",
+					dbesc($arr['mid']),
 					intval($channel['channel_id'])
 				);
 				if($r) {
@@ -979,8 +979,8 @@ function process_delivery($sender,$arr,$deliveries,$relay) {
 
 
 
-		$r = q("select id, edited from item where uri = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
-			dbesc($arr['uri']),
+		$r = q("select id, edited from item where mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
+			dbesc($arr['mid']),
 			intval($channel['channel_id'])
 		);
 		if($r) {
@@ -1027,10 +1027,10 @@ function delete_imported_item($sender,$item,$uid) {
 	logger('delete_imported_item invoked',LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 	$r = q("select id from item where ( author_xchan = '%s' or owner_xchan = '%s' )
-		and uri = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
+		and mid = '%s' and uid = %d limit 1",
 		dbesc($sender['hash']),
 		dbesc($sender['hash']),
-		dbesc($item['uri']),
+		dbesc($item['mid']),
 		intval($uid)
 	);
 
@@ -1061,8 +1061,8 @@ function process_mail_delivery($sender,$arr,$deliveries) {
 			continue;
 		}
 	
-		$r = q("select id from mail where uri = '%s' and channel_id = %d limit 1",
-			dbesc($arr['uri']),
+		$r = q("select id from mail where mid = '%s' and channel_id = %d limit 1",
+			dbesc($arr['mid']),
 			intval($channel['channel_id'])
 		);
 		if($r) {
diff --git a/install/database.sql b/install/database.sql
index 138213fbd..7dbaff7ea 100644
--- a/install/database.sql
+++ b/install/database.sql
@@ -423,12 +423,12 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `issue` (
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
   `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
-  `uri` char(255) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `mid` char(255) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `aid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `uid` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `wall` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `parent` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
-  `parent_uri` char(255) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+  `parent_mid` char(255) CHARACTER SET ascii NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `thr_parent` char(255) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
   `created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   `edited` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
@@ -466,7 +466,6 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
   `item_flags` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   `item_private` tinyint(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
-  KEY `uri` (`uri`),
   KEY `uid` (`uid`),
   KEY `parent` (`parent`),
   KEY `created` (`created`),
@@ -475,14 +474,12 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
   KEY `wall` (`wall`),
   KEY `uid_commented` (`uid`,`commented`),
   KEY `uid_created` (`uid`,`created`),
-  KEY `parent_uri` (`parent_uri`),
   KEY `aid` (`aid`),
   KEY `owner_xchan` (`owner_xchan`),
   KEY `author_xchan` (`author_xchan`),
   KEY `resource_type` (`resource_type`),
   KEY `item_restrict` (`item_restrict`),
   KEY `item_flags` (`item_flags`),
-  KEY `uid_uri` (`uri`,`uid`),
   KEY `commented` (`commented`),
   KEY `verb` (`verb`),
   KEY `item_private` (`item_private`),
@@ -490,6 +487,9 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `item` (
   KEY `expires` (`expires`),
   KEY `revision` (`revision`),
   KEY `mimetype` (`mimetype`),
+  KEY `mid` (`mid`),
+  KEY `parent_mid` (`parent_mid`),
+  KEY `uid_mid` (`mid`,`uid`),
   FULLTEXT KEY `title` (`title`),
   FULLTEXT KEY `body` (`body`),
   FULLTEXT KEY `allow_cid` (`allow_cid`),
@@ -520,18 +520,18 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `mail` (
   `channel_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
   `title` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `body` mediumtext NOT NULL,
-  `uri` char(255) NOT NULL,
-  `parent_uri` char(255) NOT NULL,
+  `mid` char(255) NOT NULL,
+  `parent_mid` char(255) NOT NULL,
   `created` datetime NOT NULL DEFAULT '0000-00-00 00:00:00',
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
-  KEY `uri` (`uri`),
   KEY `created` (`created`),
   KEY `mail_flags` (`mail_flags`),
   KEY `account_id` (`account_id`),
   KEY `channel_id` (`channel_id`),
-  KEY `parent_uri` (`parent_uri`),
   KEY `from_xchan` (`from_xchan`),
-  KEY `to_xchan` (`to_xchan`)
+  KEY `to_xchan` (`to_xchan`),
+  KEY `mid` (`mid`),
+  KEY `parent_mid` (`parent_mid`)
 ) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `manage` (
diff --git a/install/update.php b/install/update.php
index 533fd63e5..493a5478b 100644
--- a/install/update.php
+++ b/install/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1037 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1038 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -464,5 +464,36 @@ KEY `k` ( `k` )
 }
 
 function update_r1036() {
-	q("ALTER TABLE `profile` ADD `channels` TEXT NOT NULL AFTER `contact` ");
+	$r = q("ALTER TABLE `profile` ADD `channels` TEXT NOT NULL AFTER `contact` ");
+	if($r)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+
 }
+
+
+function update_r1037() {
+	$r1 = q("ALTER TABLE `item` CHANGE `uri` `mid` CHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+CHANGE `parent_uri` `parent_mid` CHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET ascii COLLATE ascii_general_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
+ DROP INDEX `uri` ,
+ADD INDEX `mid` ( `mid` ),
+DROP INDEX `parent_uri` ,
+ADD INDEX `parent_mid` ( `parent_mid` ),
+ DROP INDEX `uid_uri` ,
+ADD INDEX `uid_mid` ( `mid` , `uid` ) ");
+
+	$r2 = q("ALTER TABLE `mail` CHANGE `uri` `mid` CHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+CHANGE `parent_uri` `parent_mid` CHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL ,
+DROP INDEX `uri` ,
+ADD INDEX `mid` ( `mid` ),
+ DROP INDEX `parent_uri` ,
+ADD INDEX `parent_mid` ( `parent_mid` ) ");
+
+	if($r1 && $r2)
+		return UPDATE_SUCCESS;
+	return UPDATE_FAILED;
+}
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/mod/community.php b/mod/community.php
index 4f6c3d3c9..971ecca5c 100644
--- a/mod/community.php
+++ b/mod/community.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function community_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	// OR your own posts if you are a logged in member
 
         if(! get_pconfig(local_user(),'system','alt_pager')) {
-	        $r = q("SELECT COUNT(distinct(`item`.`uri`)) AS `total`
+	        $r = q("SELECT COUNT(distinct(`item`.`mid`)) AS `total`
 		        FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `item`.`uid`
 		        WHERE `item`.`visible` = 1 AND `item`.`deleted` = 0 and `item`.`moderated` = 0
 		        AND `item`.`allow_cid` = ''  AND `item`.`allow_gid` = '' 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function community_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 
 	}
 
-	$r = q("SELECT distinct(`item`.`uri`), `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
+	$r = q("SELECT distinct(`item`.`mid`), `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
 		`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`alias`, `contact`.`rel`,
 		`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, `contact`.`writable`, 
 		`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`,
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function community_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		AND `item`.`allow_cid` = ''  AND `item`.`allow_gid` = ''
 		AND `item`.`deny_cid`  = '' AND `item`.`deny_gid`  = '' 
 		AND `item`.`private` = 0 AND `item`.`wall` = 1 AND `user`.`hidewall` = 0
-		AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0 group by `item`.`uri`
+		AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0 group by `item`.`mid`
 		ORDER BY `received` DESC LIMIT %d, %d ",
 		intval($a->pager['start']),
 		intval($a->pager['itemspage'])
diff --git a/mod/display.php b/mod/display.php
index 5b9621c3f..b1d376c41 100644
--- a/mod/display.php
+++ b/mod/display.php
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ function display_content(&$a, $update = 0, $load = false) {
 
 	if(argc() > 1 && argv(1) !== 'load')
 		$item_hash = argv(1);
-	if($_REQUEST['uri'])
-		$item_hash = $_REQUEST['uri'];
+	if($_REQUEST['mid'])
+		$item_hash = $_REQUEST['mid'];
 
 
 	if(! $item_hash) {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function display_content(&$a, $update = 0, $load = false) {
 
 	$target_item = null;
 
-	$r = q("select uri, parent_uri from item where uri = '%s' limit 1",
+	$r = q("select mid, parent_mid from item where mid = '%s' limit 1",
 		dbesc($item_hash)
 	);
 
@@ -98,22 +98,22 @@ function display_content(&$a, $update = 0, $load = false) {
 				$r = q("SELECT * from item
 					WHERE item_restrict = 0
 					and uid = %d
-					and uri = '%s'
+					and mid = '%s'
 					limit 1",
 					intval(local_user()),
-					dbesc($target_item['parent_uri'])
+					dbesc($target_item['parent_mid'])
 				);
 			}
 			if($r === null) {
 				$r = q("SELECT * from item
 					WHERE item_restrict = 0
-					and uri = '%s'
+					and mid = '%s'
 					AND ((( `item`.`allow_cid` = ''  AND `item`.`allow_gid` = '' AND `item`.`deny_cid`  = '' 
 					AND `item`.`deny_gid`  = '' AND item_private = 0 ) 
 					and uid in ( " . stream_perms_api_uids() . " ))
 					$sql_extra )
-					group by uri limit 1",
-					dbesc($target_item['parent_uri'])
+					group by mid limit 1",
+					dbesc($target_item['parent_mid'])
 				);
 			}
 
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ function display_content(&$a, $update = 0, $load = false) {
 /*
 	elseif((! $update) && (!  {
 		
-		$r = q("SELECT `id`, item_flags FROM `item` WHERE `id` = '%s' OR `uri` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT `id`, item_flags FROM `item` WHERE `id` = '%s' OR `mid` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($item_hash),
 			dbesc($item_hash)
 		);
diff --git a/mod/events.php b/mod/events.php
index dd1f92f66..44f7522ad 100755
--- a/mod/events.php
+++ b/mod/events.php
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ function events_content(&$a) {
 		$l_orig = ((x($orig_event)) ? $orig_event['location'] : '');
 		$eid = ((x($orig_event)) ? $orig_event['id'] : 0);
 		$event_xchan = ((x($orig_event)) ? $orig_event['event_xchan'] : $channel['channel_hash']);
-		$uri = ((x($orig_event)) ? $orig_event['uri'] : '');
+		$mid = ((x($orig_event)) ? $orig_event['mid'] : '');
 
 		if(! x($orig_event))
 			$sh_checked = '';
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ function events_content(&$a) {
 			'$post' => $a->get_baseurl() . '/events',
 			'$eid' => $eid, 
 			'$xchan' => $event_xchan,
-			'$uri' => $uri,
+			'$mid' => $mid,
 	
 			'$title' => t('Event details'),
 			'$desc' => sprintf( t('Format is %s %s. Starting date and Title are required.'),$dateformat,$timeformat),
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index 45c5944ce..89059c205 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	 */
 
 	$parent = ((x($_REQUEST,'parent')) ? intval($_REQUEST['parent']) : 0);
-	$parent_uri = ((x($_REQUEST,'parent_uri')) ? trim($_REQUEST['parent_uri']) : '');
+	$parent_mid = ((x($_REQUEST,'parent_mid')) ? trim($_REQUEST['parent_mid']) : '');
 
 	$parent_item = null;
 	$parent_contact = null;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	$parid = 0;
 	$r = false;
 
-	if($parent || $parent_uri) {
+	if($parent || $parent_mid) {
 
 		if(! x($_REQUEST,'type'))
 			$_REQUEST['type'] = 'net-comment';
@@ -98,17 +98,17 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 				intval($parent)
 			);
 		}
-		elseif($parent_uri && local_user()) {
+		elseif($parent_mid && local_user()) {
 			// This is coming from an API source, and we are logged in
-			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
-				dbesc($parent_uri),
+			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
+				dbesc($parent_mid),
 				intval(local_user())
 			);
 		}
 		// if this isn't the real parent of the conversation, find it
 		if($r !== false && count($r)) {
 			$parid = $r[0]['parent'];
-			$parent_uri = $r[0]['uri'];
+			$parent_mid = $r[0]['mid'];
 			if($r[0]['id'] != $r[0]['parent']) {
 				$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `id` = `parent` AND `parent` = %d LIMIT 1",
 					intval($parid)
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 		// multi-level threading - preserve the info but re-parent to our single level threading
 		//if(($parid) && ($parid != $parent))
-			$thr_parent = $parent_uri;
+			$thr_parent = $parent_mid;
 
 		if($parent_item['contact-id'] && $uid) {
 			$r = q("SELECT * FROM `contact` WHERE `id` = %d AND `uid` = %d LIMIT 1",
@@ -474,20 +474,20 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 
 	$notify_type = (($parent) ? 'comment-new' : 'wall-new' );
 
-	$uri = item_message_id();
-	$parent_uri = $uri;
+	$mid = item_message_id();
+	$parent_mid = $mid;
 	if($parent_item)
-		$parent_uri = $parent_item['uri'];
+		$parent_mid = $parent_item['mid'];
 
 	// Fallback so that we alway have a thr_parent
 
 	if(!$thr_parent)
-		$thr_parent = $uri;
+		$thr_parent = $mid;
 
 	$datarray = array();
 
 	if(! $parent) {
-		$datarray['parent_uri'] = $uri;
+		$datarray['parent_mid'] = $mid;
 		$item_flags = $item_flags | ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
 	}
 	
@@ -502,8 +502,8 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 	$datarray['commented']     = datetime_convert();
 	$datarray['received']      = datetime_convert();
 	$datarray['changed']       = datetime_convert();
-	$datarray['uri']           = $uri;
-	$datarray['parent_uri']    = $parent_uri;
+	$datarray['mid']           = $mid;
+	$datarray['parent_mid']    = $parent_mid;
 	$datarray['mimetype']      = $content_type;
 	$datarray['title']         = $title;
 	$datarray['body']          = $body;
@@ -632,11 +632,11 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 					'from_xchan'   => $datarray['author_xchan'],
 					'to_xchan'     => $datarray['owner_xchan'],
 					'item'         => $datarray,
-					'link'		   => $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $datarray['uri'],
+					'link'		   => $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $datarray['mid'],
 					'verb'         => ACTIVITY_POST,
 					'otype'        => 'item',
 					'parent'       => $parent,
-					'parent_uri'   => $parent_item['uri']
+					'parent_mid'   => $parent_item['mid']
 				));
 			
 			}
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 					'from_xchan'   => $datarray['author_xchan'],
 					'to_xchan'     => $datarray['owner_xchan'],
 					'item'         => $datarray,
-					'link'		   => $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $datarray['uri'],
+					'link'		   => $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $datarray['mid'],
 					'verb'         => ACTIVITY_POST,
 					'otype'        => 'item'
 				));
@@ -663,10 +663,10 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		if(! $parent)
 			$parent = $post_id;
 
-		$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `parent` = %d, `parent_uri` = '%s', `changed` = '%s'
+		$r = q("UPDATE `item` SET `parent` = %d, `parent_mid` = '%s', `changed` = '%s'
 			WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
 			intval($parent),
-			dbesc(($parent == $post_id) ? $uri : $parent_item['uri']),
+			dbesc(($parent == $post_id) ? $mid : $parent_item['mid']),
 			dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 			intval($post_id)
 		);
@@ -704,14 +704,14 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		// store page info as an alternate message_id so we can access it via 
 		//    https://sitename/page/$channelname/$pagetitle
 		// if no pagetitle was given or it couldn't be transliterated into a url, use the first 
-		// sixteen bytes of the uri - which makes the link portable and not quite as daunting
-		// as the entire uri. If it were the post_id the link would be less portable.
+		// sixteen bytes of the mid - which makes the link portable and not quite as daunting
+		// as the entire mid. If it were the post_id the link would be less portable.
 		// We should have the ability to edit this and arrange pages into menus via the pages module 
 
 		q("insert into item_id ( iid, uid, sid, service ) values ( %d, %d, '%s','%s' )",
 			intval($post_id),
 			intval($channel['channel_id']),
-			dbesc(($pagetitle) ? $pagetitle : substr($uri,0,16)),
+			dbesc(($pagetitle) ? $pagetitle : substr($mid,0,16)),
 			dbesc('WEBPAGE')
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/mod/like.php b/mod/like.php
index 16be071bc..fe2126180 100755
--- a/mod/like.php
+++ b/mod/like.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function like_content(&$a) {
 		dbesc($activity),
 		dbesc($observer['xchan_hash']),
 		intval($item_id),
-		dbesc($item['uri'])
+		dbesc($item['mid'])
 	);
 	if($r) {
 		$like_item = $r[0];
@@ -97,19 +97,19 @@ function like_content(&$a) {
 
 
 
-	$uri = item_message_id();
+	$mid = item_message_id();
 
 	$post_type = (($item['resource_type'] === 'photo') ? $t('photo') : t('status'));
 
 	$links = array(array('rel' => 'alternate','type' => 'text/html', 
-		'href' => z_root() . '/display/' . $item['uri']));
+		'href' => z_root() . '/display/' . $item['mid']));
 	$objtype = (($item['resource_type'] === 'photo') ? ACTIVITY_OBJ_PHOTO : ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE ); 
 
 	$body = $item['body'];
 
 	$obj = json_encode(array(
 		'type'    => $objtype,
-		'id'      => $item['uri'],
+		'id'      => $item['mid'],
 		'link'    => $links,
 		'title'   => $item['title'],
 		'content' => $item['body'],
@@ -139,19 +139,19 @@ function like_content(&$a) {
 
 	$arr = array();
 
-	$arr['uri']          = $uri;
+	$arr['mid']          = $mid;
 	$arr['uid']          = $owner_uid;
 	$arr['item_flags']   = $item_flags;
 	$arr['parent']       = $item['id'];
-	$arr['parent_uri']   = $item['uri'];
-	$arr['thr_parent']   = $item['uri'];
+	$arr['parent_mid']   = $item['mid'];
+	$arr['thr_parent']   = $item['mid'];
 	$arr['owner_xchan']  = $thread_owner['xchan_hash'];
 	$arr['author_xchan'] = $observer['xchan_hash'];
 
 	
 	$ulink = '[url=' . $thread_owner['xchan_url'] . ']' . $thread_owner['xchan_name'] . '[/url]';
 	$alink = '[url=' . $observer['xchan_url'] . ']' . $observer['xchan_name'] . '[/url]';
-	$plink = '[url=' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $item['uri'] . ']' . $post_type . '[/url]';
+	$plink = '[url=' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/display/' . $item['mid'] . ']' . $post_type . '[/url]';
 	
 	$arr['body']          =  sprintf( $bodyverb, $alink, $ulink, $plink );
 
diff --git a/mod/message.php b/mod/message.php
index 98a1067ed..94a8344ea 100644
--- a/mod/message.php
+++ b/mod/message.php
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ function message_content(&$a) {
 // FIXME - move this HTML to template
 
 		$select = $message[$recp]['xchan_name'] . '<input type="hidden" name="messageto" value="' . $message[$recp]['xchan_hash'] . '" />';
-		$parent = '<input type="hidden" name="replyto" value="' . $message['parent_uri'] . '" />';
+		$parent = '<input type="hidden" name="replyto" value="' . $message['parent_mid'] . '" />';
 
 		$tpl = get_markup_template('mail_display.tpl');
 		$o = replace_macros($tpl, array(
diff --git a/mod/mood.php b/mod/mood.php
index 98064beab..b5414ca12 100755
--- a/mod/mood.php
+++ b/mod/mood.php
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ function mood_init(&$a) {
 
 
 	if($parent) {
-		$r = q("select uri, owner_xchan, private, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid 
+		$r = q("select mid, owner_xchan, private, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid 
 			from item where id = %d and parent = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
 			intval($parent),
 			intval($parent),
 			intval($uid)
 		);
 		if(count($r)) {
-			$parent_uri = $r[0]['uri'];
+			$parent_mid = $r[0]['mid'];
 			$private    = $r[0]['private'];
 			$allow_cid  = $r[0]['allow_cid'];
 			$allow_gid  = $r[0]['allow_gid'];
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ function mood_init(&$a) {
 
 	$poster = $a->get_observer();
 
-	$uri = item_message_id();
+	$mid = item_message_id();
 
 	$action = sprintf( t('%1$s is currently %2$s'), '[url=' . $poster['xchan_url'] . ']' . $poster['xchan_name'] . '[/url]' , $verbs[$verb]); 
 	$item_flags = ITEM_WALL|ITEM_ORIGIN|ITEM_UNSEEN;
-	if(! $parent_uri)
+	if(! $parent_mid)
 		$item_flags |= ITEM_THREAD_TOP;
 
 
@@ -70,11 +70,11 @@ function mood_init(&$a) {
 
 	$arr['aid']           = get_account_id();
 	$arr['uid']           = $uid;
-	$arr['uri']           = $uri;
-	$arr['parent_uri']    = (($parent_uri) ? $parent_uri : $uri);
+	$arr['mid']           = $mid;
+	$arr['parent_mid']    = (($parent_mid) ? $parent_mid : $mid);
 	$arr['item_flags']    = $item_flags;
 	$arr['author_xchan']  = $poster['xchan_hash'];
-	$arr['owner_xchan']   = (($parent_uri) ? $r[0]['owner_xchan'] : $poster['xchan_hash']);
+	$arr['owner_xchan']   = (($parent_mid) ? $r[0]['owner_xchan'] : $poster['xchan_hash']);
 	$arr['title']         = '';
 	$arr['allow_cid']     = $allow_cid;
 	$arr['allow_gid']     = $allow_gid;
diff --git a/mod/photos.php b/mod/photos.php
index 90b2990aa..c562fc139 100644
--- a/mod/photos.php
+++ b/mod/photos.php
@@ -187,10 +187,10 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 				intval($page_owner_uid)
 			);
 			if(count($i)) {
-				q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s' WHERE `parent_uri` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
+				q("UPDATE `item` SET `deleted` = 1, `edited` = '%s', `changed` = '%s' WHERE `parent_mid` = '%s' AND `uid` = %d",
 					dbesc(datetime_convert()),
 					dbesc(datetime_convert()),
-					dbesc($i[0]['uri']),
+					dbesc($i[0]['mid']),
 					intval($page_owner_uid)
 				);
 
@@ -459,13 +459,13 @@ function photos_post(&$a) {
 			if(count($taginfo)) {
 				foreach($taginfo as $tagged) {
 		
-					$uri = item_message_id();
+					$mid = item_message_id();
 
 					$arr = array();
 
 					$arr['uid']           = $page_owner_uid;
-					$arr['uri']           = $uri;
-					$arr['parent_uri']    = $uri;
+					$arr['mid']           = $mid;
+					$arr['parent_mid']    = $mid;
 					$arr['type']          = 'activity';
 					$arr['wall']          = 1;
 					$arr['contact-id']    = $owner_record['id'];
@@ -1000,12 +1000,12 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 			$link_item = $linked_items[0];
 			$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total`
 				FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
-				WHERE `parent_uri` = '%s' AND `uri` != '%s' AND `item`.`deleted` = 0 and `item`.`moderated` = 0
+				WHERE `parent_mid` = '%s' AND `mid` != '%s' AND `item`.`deleted` = 0 and `item`.`moderated` = 0
 				AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
 				AND `item`.`uid` = %d 
 				$sql_extra ",
-				dbesc($link_item['uri']),
-				dbesc($link_item['uri']),
+				dbesc($link_item['mid']),
+				dbesc($link_item['mid']),
 				intval($link_item['uid'])
 
 			);
@@ -1019,13 +1019,13 @@ function photos_content(&$a) {
 				`contact`.`rel`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, 
 				`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`
 				FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id`
-				WHERE `parent_uri` = '%s' AND `uri` != '%s' AND `item`.`deleted` = 0 and `item`.`moderated` = 0
+				WHERE `parent_mid` = '%s' AND `mid` != '%s' AND `item`.`deleted` = 0 and `item`.`moderated` = 0
 				AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
 				AND `item`.`uid` = %d
 				$sql_extra
 				ORDER BY `parent` DESC, `id` ASC LIMIT %d ,%d ",
-				dbesc($link_item['uri']),
-				dbesc($link_item['uri']),
+				dbesc($link_item['mid']),
+				dbesc($link_item['mid']),
 				intval($link_item['uid']),
 				intval($a->pager['start']),
 				intval($a->pager['itemspage'])
diff --git a/mod/poke.php b/mod/poke.php
index 163ef0cd8..1738fd8dd 100755
--- a/mod/poke.php
+++ b/mod/poke.php
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ function poke_init(&$a) {
 	$target = $r[0];
 
 	if($parent) {
-		$r = q("select uri, private, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid 
+		$r = q("select mid, private, allow_cid, allow_gid, deny_cid, deny_gid 
 			from item where id = %d and parent = %d and uid = %d limit 1",
 			intval($parent),
 			intval($parent),
 			intval($uid)
 		);
 		if(count($r)) {
-			$parent_uri = $r[0]['uri'];
+			$parent_mid = $r[0]['mid'];
 			$private    = $r[0]['private'];
 			$allow_cid  = $r[0]['allow_cid'];
 			$allow_gid  = $r[0]['allow_gid'];
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ function poke_init(&$a) {
 
 	$poster = $a->contact;
 
-	$uri = item_message_id();
+	$mid = item_message_id();
 
 	$arr = array();
 
 	$arr['uid']           = $uid;
-	$arr['uri']           = $uri;
-	$arr['parent_uri']    = (($parent_uri) ? $parent_uri : $uri);
+	$arr['mid']           = $mid;
+	$arr['parent_mid']    = (($parent_mid) ? $parent_mid : $mid);
 	$arr['type']          = 'activity';
 	$arr['wall']          = 1;
 	$arr['contact-id']    = $poster['id'];
diff --git a/mod/search.php b/mod/search.php
index 1bea720a6..9ae9414d2 100644
--- a/mod/search.php
+++ b/mod/search.php
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 		$pager_sql = sprintf(" LIMIT %d, %d ",intval($a->pager['start']), intval($a->pager['itemspage']));
 
 		if($load) {
-			$r = q("SELECT distinct(uri), item.* from item
+			$r = q("SELECT distinct(mid), item.* from item
 				WHERE item_restrict = 0
 				AND (( `item`.`allow_cid` = ''  AND `item`.`allow_gid` = '' AND `item`.`deny_cid`  = '' AND `item`.`deny_gid`  = '' AND item_private = 0 ) 
 				OR ( `item`.`uid` = %d ))
 				$sql_extra
-				group by uri ORDER BY created DESC $pager_sql ",
+				group by mid ORDER BY created DESC $pager_sql ",
 				intval(local_user()),
 				intval(ABOOK_FLAG_BLOCKED)
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 
 
 
-	$r = q("SELECT distinct(`item`.`uri`), `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
+	$r = q("SELECT distinct(`item`.`mid`), `item`.*, `item`.`id` AS `item_id`, 
 		`contact`.`name`, `contact`.`photo`, `contact`.`url`, `contact`.`alias`, `contact`.`rel`,
 		`contact`.`network`, `contact`.`thumb`, `contact`.`self`, `contact`.`writable`, 
 		`contact`.`id` AS `cid`, `contact`.`uid` AS `contact-uid`,
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 			OR `item`.`uid` = %d )
 		AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
 		$sql_extra
-		group by `item`.`uri`	
+		group by `item`.`mid`	
 		ORDER BY `received` DESC LIMIT %d , %d ",
 		intval(local_user()),
 		intval($a->pager['start']),
diff --git a/mod/subthread.php b/mod/subthread.php
index f8918e25d..cde8b3093 100755
--- a/mod/subthread.php
+++ b/mod/subthread.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function subthread_content(&$a) {
 
 	$item_id = (($a->argc > 1) ? notags(trim($a->argv[1])) : 0);
 
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `parent` = '%s' OR `parent-uri` = '%s' and parent = id LIMIT 1",
+	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `item` WHERE `parent` = '%s' OR `parent-mid` = '%s' and parent = id LIMIT 1",
 		dbesc($item_id),
 		dbesc($item_id)
 	);
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ function subthread_content(&$a) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$uri = item_message_id();
+	$mid = item_message_id();
 
 	$post_type = (($item['resource_id']) ? t('photo') : t('status'));
 	$objtype = (($item['resource_id']) ? ACTIVITY_OBJ_PHOTO : ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE ); 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function subthread_content(&$a) {
 	<object>
 		<type>$objtype</type>
 		<local>1</local>
-		<id>{$item['uri']}</id>
+		<id>{$item['mid']}</id>
 		<link>$link</link>
 		<title></title>
 		<content>$body</content>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ EOT;
 
 	$arr = array();
 
-	$arr['uri'] = $uri;
+	$arr['mid'] = $mid;
 	$arr['uid'] = $owner_uid;
 	$arr['contact-id'] = $contact['id'];
 	$arr['type'] = 'activity';
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ EOT;
 	$arr['origin'] = 1;
 	$arr['gravity'] = GRAVITY_LIKE;
 	$arr['parent'] = $item['id'];
-	$arr['parent-uri'] = $item['uri'];
-	$arr['thr_parent'] = $item['uri'];
+	$arr['parent-mid'] = $item['mid'];
+	$arr['thr_parent'] = $item['mid'];
 	$arr['owner-name'] = $remote_owner['name'];
 	$arr['owner-link'] = $remote_owner['url'];
 	$arr['owner-avatar'] = $remote_owner['thumb'];
diff --git a/mod/tagger.php b/mod/tagger.php
index 9c36a8b09..ff99a2f8a 100644
--- a/mod/tagger.php
+++ b/mod/tagger.php
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function tagger_content(&$a) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	$uri = item_message_id();
+	$mid = item_message_id();
 	$xterm = xmlify($term);
 	$post_type = (($item['resource_id']) ? t('photo') : t('status'));
 	$targettype = (($item['resource_id']) ? ACTIVITY_OBJ_PHOTO : ACTIVITY_OBJ_NOTE ); 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ function tagger_content(&$a) {
 	<target>
 		<type>$targettype</type>
 		<local>1</local>
-		<id>{$item['uri']}</id>
+		<id>{$item['mid']}</id>
 		<link>$link</link>
 		<title></title>
 		<content>$body</content>
@@ -101,14 +101,14 @@ EOT;
 
 	$arr = array();
 
-	$arr['uri'] = $uri;
+	$arr['mid'] = $mid;
 	$arr['uid'] = $owner_uid;
 	$arr['contact-id'] = $contact['id'];
 	$arr['type'] = 'activity';
 	$arr['wall'] = $item['wall'];
 	$arr['gravity'] = GRAVITY_COMMENT;
 	$arr['parent'] = $item['id'];
-	$arr['parent_uri'] = $item['uri'];
+	$arr['parent_mid'] = $item['mid'];
 	$arr['owner-name'] = $item['author-name'];
 	$arr['owner-link'] = $item['author-link'];
 	$arr['owner-avatar'] = $item['author-avatar'];
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@ EOT;
 
 	// if the original post is on this site, update it.
 
-	$r = q("select `tag`,`id`,`uid` from item where `origin` = 1 AND `uri` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
-		dbesc($item['uri'])
+	$r = q("select `tag`,`id`,`uid` from item where `origin` = 1 AND `mid` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		dbesc($item['mid'])
 	);
 	if(count($r)) {
 		$x = q("SELECT `blocktags` FROM `user` WHERE `uid` = %d limit 1",
diff --git a/view/tpl/event_form.tpl b/view/tpl/event_form.tpl
index 536c52b0f..c0502397d 100644
--- a/view/tpl/event_form.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/event_form.tpl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $desc
 
 <input type="hidden" name="event_id" value="$eid" />
 <input type="hidden" name="cid" value="$cid" />
-<input type="hidden" name="uri" value="$uri" />
+<input type="hidden" name="mid" value="$mid" />
 
 <div id="event-start-text">$s_text</div>
 $s_dsel $s_tsel
diff --git a/view/tpl/smarty3/event_form.tpl b/view/tpl/smarty3/event_form.tpl
index 335a9480b..96b7a3c2f 100644
--- a/view/tpl/smarty3/event_form.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/smarty3/event_form.tpl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 <input type="hidden" name="event_id" value="{{$eid}}" />
 <input type="hidden" name="cid" value="{{$cid}}" />
-<input type="hidden" name="uri" value="{{$uri}}" />
+<input type="hidden" name="mid" value="{{$mid}}" />
 
 <div id="event-start-text">{{$s_text}}</div>
 {{$s_dsel}} {{$s_tsel}}