An ActivityPub Actor Object's `following` Collection Must be a Collection

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  "markdown": "---\n\ntype:\n- TestCase\ntags:\n- tests-activitypub-actor\nuuid:\n- 018c3e17-a1bd-7040-8007-4cd3b9063288\n\nrespec:\n  config:\n    editors:\n    - name: bengo\n      url: \"https://bengo.is\"\n      w3cid: 49026\n---\n\n# An ActivityPub Object `following` Collection Must be a Collection\n\n## Background [<sup>?</sup>][test-background]\n\n[ActivityPub][activitypub] [§ 5.4 Following Collection](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#following):\n\n> Every actor SHOULD have a following collection. This is a list of everybody that the actor has followed, added as a side effect. The following collection MUST be either an OrderedCollection or a Collection\n\n## About This Test\n\nThis is a Test Case describing a rule to determine whether an ActivityPub Object is in partial conformance with the following behaviors required by [ActivityPub][activitypub].\n\n* [requirement a4876ff4-7751-4bc6-91e0-9275382d4a85](https://socialweb.coop/activitypub/behaviors/a4876ff4-7751-4bc6-91e0-9275382d4a85/) - The following collection MUST be either an OrderedCollection or a Collection\n\n### Identifier\n\nThe identifier of this test is `urn:uuid:018c3e17-a1bd-7040-8007-4cd3b9063288`.\n\n## Test Subject [<sup>?</sup>][test-subject]\n\nThe subject of this test is an ActivityPub Actor Object.\n\n## Input [<sup>?</sup>][test-input]\n\nThis test requires the following [inputs](act-rules-input) indicating parts of the test subject:\n\n1. `object` - the object whose `following` property will be tested\n    * type: binary\n    * constraints\n        * should be JSON\n\n## Applicability [<sup>?</sup>][test-applicability]\n\nThis test applies to each of the following collections derived from the values of the property on `object` named `following`.\n\n### Prerequisites\n\n* `object` is a JSON object\n* `object` JSON object has a property named `following`\n\n### How to Derive Test Targets from Input\n\n* let `targets` be a set\n* let `followingValues` be the result of\n    * if `object.following` is an Array, return it\n    * else return an Array whose only item is the value of `object.following`\n* for each item in `followingValues`\n    * if item is a string\n        * let itemFetched be the result of interpreting the string as an ActivityPub Object Identifier and fetching the corresponding ActivityPub Object.\n        * add itemFetched to `targets`\n    * else add item to `targets`\n* return `targets`\n\n## Expectations [<sup>?</sup>][test-expectations]\n\nFor every target `target`\n\n* `target` is a JSON object\n* `target` has a property named `type`\n* the values of the `target`'s `type` property must be one of\n    * an array containing the string \"Collection\"\n    * an array containing the string \"OrderedCollection\"\n    * the string \"Collection\"\n    * the string \"OrderedCollection\"\n\n## Assumptions [<sup>?</sup>][test-assumptions]\n\n## Test Cases [<sup>?</sup>][test-test-cases]\n\nWhat follows are some specific cases of applything this test.\n\n### Passed Example 1 - following has type Collection\n\ninputs\n\n* `object`:\n\n  ```json\n  {\n    \"following\": {\n      \"type\": \"Collection\"\n    }\n  }\n  ```\n\ntest targets\n\n* ```json\n  {\n    \"type\": \"Collection\"\n  }\n  ```\n\n    * outcome: `passed`\n\n### Passed Example 2 - following has type OrderedCollection\n\ninputs\n\n* `object`:\n\n  ```json\n  {\n    \"following\": {\n      \"type\": \"OrderedCollection\"\n    }\n  }\n  ```\n\ntest targets\n\n* ```json\n  {\n    \"type\": \"OrderedCollection\"\n  }\n  ```\n\n    * outcome: `passed`\n\n### Passed Example 3 - following type includes OrderedCollection\n\ninputs\n\n* `object`:\n\n  ```json\n  {\n    \"following\": {\n      \"type\": [\"FancyCollection\", \"OrderedCollection\"]\n    }\n  }\n  ```\n\ntest targets\n\n* ```json\n  {\n    \"type\": [\"FancyCollection\", \"OrderedCollection\"]\n  }\n  ```\n\n    * outcome: `passed`\n        * rationale\n            * `\"FancyCollection\"` is not well-defined here,\nbut this object still passes the test because at least one of the `type`\nproperty values is `OrderedCollection` and thus satisfies the requirement\nas interpreted.\n\n### Failed Example 1 - following is a number\n\ninputs\n\n* `object`:\n\n  ```json\n  {\n    \"following\": 1\n  }\n  ```\n\ntest targets\n\n* ```json\n  1\n  ```\n\n    * outcome: `failed`\n\n### Failed Example 2 - following is an empty object\n\ninputs\n\n* `object`:\n\n  ```json\n  {\n    \"following\": {}\n  }\n  ```\n\ntest targets\n\n* ```json\n  {}\n  ```\n\n    * outcome: `failed`\n\n### Failed Example 3 - following object type is array including only `\"Link\"`\n\ninputs\n\n* `object`:\n\n  ```json\n  {\n    \"following\": {\n      \"type\": [\"Link\"]\n    }\n  }\n  ```\n\ntest targets\n\n* ```json\n  {\n    \"type\": [\"Link\"]\n  }\n  ```\n\n    * outcome: `failed`\n\n### Inapplicable Example 1\n\ninputs\n\n* `object`:\n\n  ```json\n  1\n  ```\n\nresult\n\n* outcome: `inapplicable`\n\n### Inapplicable Example 2 - object has no following property\n\ninputs\n\n* `object`:\n\n  ```json\n  { \"foo\": \"bar\" }\n  ```\n\nresult\n\n* outcome: `inapplicable`\n\n## Glossary [<sup>?</sup>](https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#glossary)\n\n### `outcome`\n\nAn outcome is a conclusion that comes from evaluating a test on a test subject. An outcome can be one of the three following types:\n\n* `inapplicable`: No part of the test subject matches the applicability\n* `passed`: A test target meets all expectations\n* `failed`: A test target does not meet all expectations\n\n## Requirements Mapping [<sup>?</sup>][act-rules-requirements-mapping]\n\n* [ActivityPub requirement a4876ff4-7751-4bc6-91e0-9275382d4a85](https://socialweb.coop/activitypub/behaviors/a4876ff4-7751-4bc6-91e0-9275382d4a85/) - The following collection MUST be either an OrderedCollection or a Collection\n    * Required for Conformance to [ActivityPub][activitypub]\n    * Outcome Mapping\n        * when every test target has outcome `passed`, the requirement is satisfied by the test subject\n        * when any test target has outcome `failed`, the requirement is not satisfied by the test subject\n        * when any test target has outcome `inapplicable`, further testing is needed to determine requirement satisfaction\n\n## Issues [<sup>?</sup>][test-issues-list]\n\n## Change Log\n\n* 2023-12-06T07:43:27.890Z - init\n\n[act-rules-requirements-mapping]: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#accessibility-requirements-mapping\n[activitypub]: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/\n[test-subject]: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#test-subject\n[test-applicability]: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#applicability\n[test-assumptions]: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#assumptions\n[test-background]: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#background\n[test-expectations]: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#expectations\n[test-input]: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#input\n[test-issues-list]: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#issues-list\n[test-test-cases]: https://www.w3.org/TR/act-rules-format/#test-cases\n",
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  "description": "tests whether an ActivityPub Object has a `following`` collection with an appropriate Collection type",
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      "name": "Inapplicable Example 1 - object is a number",
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      "name": "inapplicable example 3 - html object",
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