Julian Schwarzenbach@jschwa1@mastodonapp.uk

Just thinking out loud....

Would conversion of the #ActivityPub protocol to become an official #ISO 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

Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸@evan@cosocial.ca

Replying to @⁨jschwa1@mastodonapp.uk⁩

@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!

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