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name is not defined in NIP-24 #820

Open melvincarvalho opened 1 year ago

melvincarvalho commented 1 year ago

I'd like to document the fields in a profile in a schema, to be compatible with linked data, possibly

https://w3id.org/nostr

However name is not defined in NIP-24

display_name: a bigger name with richer characters than name

Which is somewhat vague. Normally you have something like a real name type thing (name) and a nickname type thing (nick)

If we can get some definitions I can add them to the schema

fiatjaf commented 1 year ago

name, picture and about are defined in NIP-01. Maybe we need to mention that in NIP-24?

accursed-rose commented 1 year ago

I would suggest that display_name is not inherently "bigger" and may not have "richer characters" either (although one or both may well be true).

I have noticed that in the realm of ActivityPub implementations, it is not unheard of for users to have a longer username than display name; for example, their chosen username on the instance they joined was already claimed, so they appended data to it and then stripped it in the display name, which does not mandate uniqueness (unlike the username). I've also seen display names set temporarily for various reasons such as specific calendar events, often in a memelike format (which may result in a display name that is in entirely distinct from the username).

I also agree that referencing NIP-01 is reasonable, for clarity.

I have provided alternative phrasing in #828, in case that is helpful.