@reiver like, activitypub could have been a "living standard" maybe, like html5? the w3c as a steward of the activitypub spec basically abdicated its authority though, so actually getting any changes to the wording of the spec is nigh impossible

the real issue is there's no affirmation or confirmation you're doing anything the "right" or "correct" way, in a way that everyone agrees upon, until you do things the "wrong" way and other implementers complain about it