<![CDATA[Just thinking out loud....]]>Just thinking out loud....

Would conversion of the protocol to become an official standard be a good move?

Plus sides:
* Adds legitimacy
* The standards review process involving many experts/ countries could potentially enhance the protocol

Down sides:
* Developing a standard is slooowww - may reduce the speed of development
* Gaining international consensus at this level may take much effort

]]>https://citiverse.it/topic/79deb2e4-10fd-43fc-a085-9e3b97ae8d21/just-thinking-out-loud....RSS for NodeSat, 26 Sep 2026 01:54:06 GMTFri, 18 Sep 2026 12:32:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Just thinking out loud.... on Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:55:57 GMT]]>@webmink Two thoughts:
1. The PAS process, whilst easier, would need a body to fund it. The end result would, arguably, have less 'weight' than a full ISO
2. I may be wrong, but I don't believe ISO can charge to use standards, only to purchase the standard. This may mean those developing, say, a standard implementation of the standard, would need to pay to read/ access it. Those wanting to use the resulting implementation would not need to purchase anything from ISO. Knowing it was developed to the ISO standard will add credibility

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/jschwa1/statuses/117292148828507116https://citiverse.it/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/jschwa1/statuses/117292148828507116Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:55:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just thinking out loud.... on Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:50:26 GMT]]>@jschwa1 I would recommend submitting ActivityPub to ISO through their Publicly Available Specificcations process using an organisation such as Eclipse, JDF (*Linux Foundation). OASIS or ECMA to facilitate. This is the route other specs arising from took, such as and .

Do not make the mistake the author of the previously open Schematron made, conducting the work at ISO and then having to pay them to access ongoing updates...

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://meshed.cloud/users/webmink/statuses/117292127140327210https://citiverse.it/post/https://meshed.cloud/users/webmink/statuses/117292127140327210Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:50:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Just thinking out loud.... on Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:39:54 GMT]]>@jschwa1 hi, co-author of ActivityPub here. 👋🏼

ActivityPub is a technical recommendation of the W3C. The W3C is a liaison of ISO, and a bunch of W3C recommendations have become ISO standards -- like HTML, CSS and Web Authn. There's a special process for it.

I think it would be an interesting development!

]]>https://citiverse.it/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117292085699717032https://citiverse.it/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/117292085699717032Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:39:54 GMT