Re: Open Github Issues

To refer back to the spec, "1.2 Serialization Notes" seems to be the
section we are discussing:
http://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core/#h-syntaxconventions

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Martynas Jusevičius
<martynas@graphity.org> wrote:
> Consider this very realistic scenario:
> 1a. Linked Data agent accesses AS server
> 1b. it negotiates an RDF media type, and the server responds with JSON-LD
> 1c. the agent stores the RDF data, possibly minting new resource URIs,
> and re-publishes it as Linked Data
> 2a. another Linked Data agent accesses the re-published data
> 2b. it negotiates an RDF media type, and the server responds with
> Turtle (or RDF/XML etc.)
>
> At this point, the AS data becomes "invalid" as per the specification,
> even though the agents perfectly follow HTTP and RDF standards and
> Linked Data principles. AS breaks content negotiation by restricting
> the media type and disabling "the practice of making available
> multiple representations via the same URI".
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 5:00 PM, James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I would say that such an argument is silly, unfounded and full of hyperbole.
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Martynas Jusevičius
>> <martynas@graphity.org> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>
>>> What do you respond to the argument that restricting media type in AS
>>> breaks content negotiation, one of the architectural principles of the
>>> WWW?
>>>
>> [snip]

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