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@@ -414,9 +414,6 @@ <h2>The <dfn>WOT</dfn> namespace</dfn></h2>
         <li>
           If invoking this method is not allowed for the current scripting context for security reasons, reject |promise| with a {{SecurityError}} and abort these steps.
         </li>
-        <li>
-          Run the <a>validate a TD</a> steps on |td|. If that fails, reject |promise| with {{SyntaxError}} and abort these steps.
-        </li>
         <li>
           Let |thing:ConsumedThing| be a new {{ConsumedThing}} object constructed from |td|.
         </li>
@@ -432,6 +429,12 @@ <h2>The <dfn>WOT</dfn> namespace</dfn></h2>
           Resolve |promise| with |thing|.
         </li>
       </ol>
+      <p class="ednote">
+        Note the difference between constructing <a>ConsumedThing</a> and using
+        the <code>consume()</code> method: the latter also initializes the protocol
+        bindings, whereas a simple constructed object will not have <a>WoT Interactions</a>
+        initialized until they are invoked.
+      </p>
     </div>
   </section>
 
@@ -1053,6 +1056,10 @@ <h4>Constructing <code>ConsumedThing</code></h4>
         To create {{ConsumedThing}} with the {{ThingDescription}}
         |td:ThingDescription|, run the following steps:
         <ol>
+          <li>
+            Run the <a>validate a TD</a> steps on |td|. If that fails,
+            [= exception/throw =] {{SyntaxError}} and abort these steps.
+          </li>
           <li>
             Run the <a>expand a TD</a> steps on |td|. If that fails, re-[= exception/throw =] the error and abort these steps.
           </li>
@@ -1696,7 +1703,7 @@ <h2>ConsumedThing Examples</h2>
         } catch (e) {
           console.log("TD fetch error: " + e.message);
         };
-        
+
         try {
           // subscribe to property change for “temperature”
           await thing.observeProperty("temperature", async (data) => {
@@ -1722,13 +1729,13 @@ <h2>ConsumedThing Examples</h2>
         } catch (e) {
           console.log("Error starting measurement.");
         }
-        
+
         setTimeout(async () => {
           try {
             const temperatureData = await thing.readProperty("temperature")
             const temperature = await temperatureData.value();
             console.log("Temperature: " + temperature);
-        
+
             await thing.unsubscribe("ready");
             console.log("Unsubscribed from the ‘ready’ event.");
           } catch (error) {
@@ -1813,10 +1820,10 @@ <h2>ConsumedThing Examples</h2>
         // Example of streaming processing: counting json objects
         let objectCounter = 0
         const parser = new Parser() //User library for json streaming parsing (i.e. https://github.com/uhop/stream-json/wiki/Parser)
-        
+
         parser.on('data', data => data.name === 'startObject' && ++objectCounter);
         parser.on('end', () => console.log(`Found ${objectCounter} objects.`));
-        
+
         const response = await thing.readProperty(“eventHistory”)
         await response.data.pipeTo(parser);