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@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ a `'type': 'm.space'` property in the content of the `m.room.create` event.
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The value of the `type` property uses the Standardised Identifier Grammar from
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[MSC2758](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/pull/2758). This allows clients to offer slightly customised user experience
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depending on the purpose of the room. Currently, no server-side behaviour is
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expected to depend on this property.
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expected to depend on this property. A `type` property on the `m.room.create`
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event is used to ensure that a room cannot change between being a space-room
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and a non-space room. For more information, see the "Rejected Alternatives"
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section below.
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As with regular rooms, public spaces are expected to have an alias, for example
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`#foo:matrix.org`, which can be used to refer to the space.
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@ -62,12 +65,10 @@ Users can be members of spaces (represented by `m.room.member` state events as
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normal). The existing [`m.room.history_visibility`
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mechanism](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.6.1#room-history-visibility)
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controls whether membership of the space is required to view the room list,
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membership list, etc.
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"Public" or "community" spaces would be set to `world_readable` to allow clients
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to see the directory of rooms within the space by peeking into the space-room
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(thus avoiding the need to add `m.room.member` events to the event graph within
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the room).
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membership list, etc. "Public" or "community" spaces would be set to
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`world_readable` to allow clients to see the directory of rooms within the
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space by peeking into the space-room (thus avoiding the need to add
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`m.room.member` events to the event graph within the room).
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Join rules, invites and 3PID invites work as for a normal room. In order for
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clients to distinguish space invites from room invites, all invites must now
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@ -277,11 +278,18 @@ Whilst this is very powerful for mapping arbitrary organisational structures
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into Matrix, it may be overengineered. Instead, the common case is (we believe)
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a space where some users are publicly visible as members, and others are not.
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One way to of achieving this would be to create a separate space for the
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One way of achieving this would be to create a separate space for the
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private members - e.g. have `#foo:matrix.org` and `#foo-private:matrix.org`.
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`#foo-private:matrix.org` is set up with `m.room.history_visibility` to not to
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allow peeking; you have to be joined to see the members.
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It's worth noting that any member of a space can currently see who else is a
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member of that space, which might pose privacy problems for sensitive spaces.
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While the server itself will inevitably track the space membership in state
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events, a future MSC could restrict the membership from being sent to clients.
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This is essentially the same as
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[matrix-doc#1653](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-doc/issues/1653).
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### Flair
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("Flair" is a term we use to describe a small badge which appears next to a
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@ -344,14 +352,14 @@ None at present.
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different querying users. (It may be possible to simulate this behaviour
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using smaller spaces).
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* The requirement that `m.room.parent` links be ignored unless the sender has a
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* The requirement that `m.space.parent` links be ignored unless the sender has a
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high PL in the parent room could lead to suprising effects where a parent
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link suddenly ceases to take effect because a user loses their PL in the
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parent room. This is mitigated in the general case by honouring the parent
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link when there is a corresponding `m.room.child` event, however it remains
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link when there is a corresponding `m.space.child` event, however it remains
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a problem for "secret" rooms.
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* The `via` servers listed in the `m.room.child` and `m.room.parent` events
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* The `via` servers listed in the `m.space.child` and `m.space.parent` events
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could get out of date, and will need to be updated from time to time. This
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remains an unsolved problem.
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