From f91f569f3007007ea2c07718f8cde7f562f0d868 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hodgson Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 03:10:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] explain why the @.irc.freenode style prefixes are a good idae --- drafts/applications_services.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drafts/applications_services.rst b/drafts/applications_services.rst index cee29212..ca012a81 100644 --- a/drafts/applications_services.rst +++ b/drafts/applications_services.rst @@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ On HS handling events to unknown users: the AS, then the HS queries the AS for the profile of that user. If the AS confirms the existence of that user (from its perspective), then the HS creates an account to represent the virtual user. - * The namespace of virtual user accounts could conform to a structure like - @.irc.freenode.Arathorn:matrix.org or similar. + * The namespace of virtual user accounts should conform to a structure like + @.irc.freenode.Arathorn:matrix.org. This lets Matrix users communicate with + foreign users who are not yet mapped into Matrix via 3PID mappings or through + an existing non-virtual Matrix user by trying to talk to them via a gateway. * The AS can preprovision virtual users using the existing CS API rather than lazy-loading them in this manner.