Misc clarity for 3rd party appservice protocols/locations

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Travis Ralston 6 years ago
parent 32ac81c588
commit 54032964fc

@ -184,13 +184,14 @@ Third party networks
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Application services may declare which protocols they support via their registration Application services may declare which protocols they support via their registration
file. These networks are generally for third party services such as IRC that the configuration for the homeserver. These networks are generally for third party services
application service is managing. Application services may populate a Matrix room such as IRC that the application service is managing. Application services may populate
directory for their registered protocols, as defined in the Client-Server API Extensions. a Matrix room directory for their registered protocols, as defined in the Client-Server
API Extensions.
Each protocol may have several "locations". A location within a protocol is a place
in the third party network, such as an IRC channel. Users of the third party network Each protocol may have several "locations" (also known as "third party locations" or "3PLs").
may also be represented by the application service. A location within a protocol is a place in the third party network, such as an IRC channel.
Users of the third party network may also be represented by the application service.
Locations and users can be searched by fields defined by the application service, such Locations and users can be searched by fields defined by the application service, such
as by display name or other attribute. When clients request the homeserver to search as by display name or other attribute. When clients request the homeserver to search

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