@evan some time ago you queried about what would be a good comms channel for #ActivityPub API.

@evan some time ago you queried about what would be a good comms channel for #ActivityPub API.

I have some ideas / recommendations on the #Github repo that the #W3C TF uses.

- Structure the repo to hold the work of the full task force, not just for the creation of a single specification document.

- Use GH Discussions for all the general elaboration, feedback collection, etc. The repo forms a self-contained body of work. Move most current Issues in the tracker to become Discussions.

- Issues are created by task force members, and always represent actionable items. They are tracked on a Project kanban board where the swimlanes represent a simple protocol development #Process with a number of stages.

Then:

- Primary comms channel is Discussions.
- Issues + kanban represent work tracks.
- Secondary comms channel can be #fedi.

I'd reserve #SocialCG mailing list to #governance and organizational matters concerning the CG itself, and point mails on other subject to appropriate channel.

@smallcircles I'm not sure. It's pretty important for me to track user stories as issues -- that's been the best way to get things done in task forces so far.

@evan is it an official list, or is it a brainstormed list in an ideation phase?

@evan

Note that my proposal reserves the issue tracker for the 'best way to get things done', and filters out the much more chaotic discussion environment to be in a separate place, yet part of the repo.

If User Stories should be issue tracked, that's fine. But perhaps when a user story is still a vague idea, or something someone posted off the cuff, it starts its lifecycle in Discussions.

@evan

I gave an elaborate follow-up to the #ActivityPub API protocol design issue, where I also cross-ref'ed this thread..

Protocol design · Issue #66 · swicg/activitypub-api

(This issue is created in follow-up of #63 Avoid misconception and #4 Rate limiting, and related fedi thread.) Avoiding misconceptions: What is a profile? I think my overarching concern is that the ActivityPub API specification doesn't b...

GitHub (github.com)

@smallcircles OK, great. Let's try to keep the conversations there instead of here, so everyone can participate.