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diff --git a/docs/specification.rst b/docs/specification.rst index e1c83bed78..c5b6fe29c8 100644 --- a/docs/specification.rst +++ b/docs/specification.rst @@ -30,48 +30,52 @@ ecosystem to communicate with one another. The principles that Matrix attempts to follow are: - - Pragmatic Web-friendly APIs (i.e. JSON over REST) - - Keep It Simple & Stupid +- Pragmatic Web-friendly APIs (i.e. JSON over REST) +- Keep It Simple & Stupid - + provide a simple architecture with minimal third-party dependencies. + + provide a simple architecture with minimal third-party dependencies. - - Fully open: +- Fully open: - + Fully open federation - anyone should be able to participate in the global Matrix network - + Fully open standard - publicly documented standard with no IP or patent licensing encumbrances - + Fully open source reference implementation - liberally-licensed example implementations with no - IP or patent licensing encumbrances + + Fully open federation - anyone should be able to participate in the global + Matrix network + + Fully open standard - publicly documented standard with no IP or patent + licensing encumbrances + + Fully open source reference implementation - liberally-licensed example + implementations with no IP or patent licensing encumbrances - - Empowering the end-user +- Empowering the end-user - + The user should be able to choose the server and clients they use - + The user should be control how private their communication is - + The user should know precisely where their data is stored + + The user should be able to choose the server and clients they use + + The user should be control how private their communication is + + The user should know precisely where their data is stored - - Fully decentralised - no single points of control over conversations or the network as a whole - - Learning from history to avoid repeating it +- Fully decentralised - no single points of control over conversations or the + network as a whole +- Learning from history to avoid repeating it - + Trying to take the best aspects of XMPP, SIP, IRC, SMTP, IMAP and NNTP whilst trying to avoid their failings + + Trying to take the best aspects of XMPP, SIP, IRC, SMTP, IMAP and NNTP + whilst trying to avoid their failings The functionality that Matrix provides includes: - - Creation and management of fully distributed chat rooms with no - single points of control or failure - - Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure synchronisation of room - state across a global open network of federated servers and services - - Sending and receiving extensible messages in a room with (optional) - end-to-end encryption - - Extensible user management (inviting, joining, leaving, kicking, banning) - mediated by a power-level based user privilege system. - - Extensible room state management (room naming, aliasing, topics, bans) - - Extensible user profile management (avatars, displaynames, etc) - - Managing user accounts (registration, login, logout) - - Use of 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers, - Facebook accounts to authenticate, identify and discover users on Matrix. - - Trusted federation of Identity servers for: - - + Publishing user public keys for PKI - + Mapping of 3PIDs to Matrix IDs +- Creation and management of fully distributed chat rooms with no + single points of control or failure +- Eventually-consistent cryptographically secure synchronisation of room + state across a global open network of federated servers and services +- Sending and receiving extensible messages in a room with (optional) + end-to-end encryption +- Extensible user management (inviting, joining, leaving, kicking, banning) + mediated by a power-level based user privilege system. +- Extensible room state management (room naming, aliasing, topics, bans) +- Extensible user profile management (avatars, displaynames, etc) +- Managing user accounts (registration, login, logout) +- Use of 3rd Party IDs (3PIDs) such as email addresses, phone numbers, + Facebook accounts to authenticate, identify and discover users on Matrix. +- Trusted federation of Identity servers for: + + + Publishing user public keys for PKI + + Mapping of 3PIDs to Matrix IDs The end goal of Matrix is to be a ubiquitous messaging layer for synchronising arbitrary data between sets of people, devices and services - be that for instant |