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   Bob Wyman (bobwyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 07:40:11 JST Bob Wyman

   • Evan Prodromou
   • James M Snell

   @evan @jasnell
   Why does the Activity Vocabulary define several specific non-URI object types instead of using URIs (e.g. media-types) to indicate types?

   Given that the spec identifies a URI for each of the specific object types it defines, why does it say that I should write:
   {... "type": "Note"...} instead of
   {... "type": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Note" ...}?
   Is it for any reason other than size minimization?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 07:40:11 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • James M Snell

     @bobwyman @jasnell nope, that's it. And it does expand to those longer URLs.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 08:20:50 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • James M Snell

     @bobwyman @jasnell spec-wise, no. Practically, I think there are a lot of processors that won't expand URLs and will be looking for "Note".

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     Bob Wyman (bobwyman@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 08:20:51 JST Bob Wyman

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     • Evan Prodromou
     • James M Snell

     @jasnell @evan
     Given that "Note" and it's URI are equivalent, should I read the spec as saying that I MUST use "Note," or am I permitted to designate an object as either "Note" or "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Note"?

     It might make more sense to ask: Given that all the document's examples are in Compact form, am I allowed to use other forms, such as Expanded, etc.?

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     James M Snell (jasnell@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 20-Feb-2023 08:20:52 JST James M Snell

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @bobwyman @evan JSON-LD processing does expand those into URIs. But this minimal syntax allows easier processing without full JSON-LD being required.