AS 2.0 Change Proposals

For each of the items on next weeks agenda, here's my current disposition:

+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Various Spec Cleanups and Simplifications -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/pull/220
(James)
+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Remove "priority" -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/218
(James, Ben Roberts)
+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Remove "alias" -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/225
(James)
+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Remove "Experience" -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/226
(James)
+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Remove "Service" actor type -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/227
(James)
+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Limit "duration" to ISO8601
duration strings -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/213
(James)
+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Remove @context from all examples
- https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/233
(Ben)
+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Specify a content type on Content
objects - https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/229
(Michael Vogel, James)
+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Alias `@id` and `@type` to `id`
and `type` - https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/232
(Manu Sporny, James)
+1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Evan joining as Co-Editor
(https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-socialweb/2015Oct/0214.html)

Nearly all of these involve *removing* things from the core and
vocabulary spec. Nothing is added. One allows the already existing
`mediaType` property to appear on `Content` objects. Overall, the
batch of changes above simplify the spec.

+0: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Object partOf Collection -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/205
(Amy)

-1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Remove "hreflang" -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/219
(James, Ben Roberts)
-1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Type for object of an Offer -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/175
(Evan)
-1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Add "Blog" Object Type -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/157
(Evan)
-1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Separation of concerns, API vs
Data Format - https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/221
(Elf)
-1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Need Blob object types? -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/223
(Elf)
-1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Proposal: Remodel verbs as an rdf:Property
rather than an object type -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/208
(Elf)
-1: [Activity Streams 2.0] Media type discussions -
https://github.com/jasnell/w3c-socialwg-activitystreams/issues/52
(Markus, Andreas Kuckartz)

IMHO, these either add or change things unnecessarily or in a way that
could hurt interoperability.

On the issue of considering an alternative JSON serialization:

-1: Social Syntax: Simplified Microformats2 JSON "jf2" (Aaron)

- James

Received on Wednesday, 28 October 2015 17:10:43 UTC