CFC: Errata for ActivityPub specification

Issue 523 describes a reference error in the ActivityPub spec:

https://github.com/w3c/activitypub/issues/523 
<https://github.com/w3c/activitypub/issues/523>

Based on this report, I have created two new errata in theActivityPub 
proposed errata <https://www.w3.org/wiki/ActivityPub_errata/Proposed>:

  * /In Section 3.2 "Retrieving objects", the first sentence contains a
    grammatical error and a mismatch in subject between the two clauses
    of the sentence. The incorrect text says "The HTTP GET method may be
    dereferenced", which is nonsensical; the HTTP GET method is used to
    dereference an identifier. Also, the sentence first refers to an
    "object" but later refers to an "activity". A possible correction is
    to rewrite the sentence as follows: "The HTTP GET method may be used
    to dereference an object's id property to retrieve the object."/
  * /In Section 3.2 "Retrieving objects", the last sentence in the first
    paragraph refers to an "activity" when describing how to dereference
    an object. One possible correction is to change the last word: "The
    client MUST specify an Accept header with the application/ld+json;
    profile="/https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams
    <https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams>/" media type in order to
    retrieve the object."
    /
    Thanks to a for the wording for the first erratum.

    This is a call for consensus. If there are no objections on the
    GitHub issue or in this thread by the end of day 14 Nov 2025 AOE, I
    will add these proposed errata to the ActivityPub errata page and
    apply the changes to the ActivityPub editor's draft document.

    Evan

Received on Friday, 31 October 2025 17:10:44 UTC