How to participate in the W3C Working Groups on AP

ActivityPub
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Are you an ActivityPub dev keen to take part in the recently announced W3C Working group (WG)?

Even if you’re not affiliated with a current W3C member, you can be included as an Invited Expert. There is no application process as such …

EDIT: Turns out there is a formal application process. But @darius suggests getting involved in SocialCG work first.

You can;

  • come to weekly AP issue triage meetings

  • take part in Community Group (SocialCG) taskforces

  • come to joint WG/CG meetings

If you enjoy participating in these, you can ask for a WG invitation.

This W3C Working Group is not intended to make any breaking changes, but rather to finesse the main specs that define interoperation in the fediverse (ActivityPub, ActivityStreams, Activity Vocabulary), by clarifying intended usage, providing examples, etc. Resulting in more of an AP 1.1 than a 2.0 version.

See the discussion here;

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To join Meta and SocialWebFoundation which is being funded by scammy crypto companies?

No, thanks.

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This reply seems entirely out of context. Were you intending to reply to another topic about joining SWF or something? If you were replying to my post about joining the W3C Working Group for updating the ActivityPub standard, please explain the logic underlying your reply.

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If you don't understand the message, maybe it is not for you.

These organizations are the participants of the AP working group.

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1. I don't care much about the "official" version of AP. It is outdated and increasingly irrelevant, most of the real development happens elsewhere.
2. Interledger is a part of Ripple/XRP cryptocurrency project, which is a scammy crypto company.

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(For clarity. I flagged the above 2 posts which hid them, by moderation the latter is since restored.)

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Perhaps not. But any new implementor will, because how are they to know that …

So ensuring that updates to the W3C standard follow that community-led development seems sensible to me, and the invitation is there. Darius Kazemi of Hometown is chairing the WG, and I’m confident that he can do so in a way that keeps the standard evolving in harmony with real-world usage.

Interledger, is payment protocol, developed by the Interledger Foundation. It’s not a cyrotocurrency nor a blockchain. It’s true that the creators were working at Ripple when they created it. But it’s not true to say the Interledger Foundation is a “scammy crypto company”. Therefore, it’s also not true that the donation they made to SWF means that they are funded by a “scammy crypto company”.

Anyway, none of this anti-SWF FUD has anything to do with the AP Working Group. Again, I encourage any fediverse developer with an interest in improving the ActivityPub standard to join the Social CG, and consider asking for invited expert status on the WG.

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I note that once again my post been censored for stating facts on SocialHub. While posts by other members spreading blatant misinformation and smearing other members of the fediverse community go unmoderated.

Given that the moderation system here is still being abused in this way, despite the change of admins, and that pretty much all fediverse development discussion has moved elsewhere, I see no option but to abandon this forum again. Most likely for good this time.

I’m sad about this, given the crucial role SH played in fediverse development for many years. But it is what it is. I see no point in flogging a dead horse. I’m out.

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(FYI not flagged by me, and I am not moderator either anymore. I wonder who is (actively)?)