<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[What makes an ActivityPub Actor and Actor?]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>What makes an ActivityPub Actor and Actor?</p><p>I think it is probably a bad idea to just restrict it to things with 'type': "Application", "Group", "Organization", "Person", and "Service". Restricting it to just those would mean you couldn't have new actor types (and sub-types) in the future.</p><p>So then, do we do it in a duck-typing way? And if "yes", how?</p><p>Maybe if something has an "inbox" OR and "outbox" it is an Actor. I.e., it could have just one of those.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityPub" rel="tag">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityStreams" rel="tag">#<span>ActivityStreams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FediDev" rel="tag">#<span>FediDev</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/cfbb844e-59af-4f12-a135-cb11bebbed36/what-makes-an-activitypub-actor-and-actor</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 01:44:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/cfbb844e-59af-4f12-a135-cb11bebbed36.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 16:34:28 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>