- From: Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name>
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 13:10:39 -0400
- To: "public-swicg@w3.org" <public-swicg@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <29220cff-485e-482e-a800-4fb4b1582efc@prodromou.name>
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