From d4faacf462b53b3171164fe2401e25fab67d606b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Hodgson Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 23:42:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] clear up IS ambiguity and close https://github.com/vector-im/vector-web/issues/1720 --- README.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6a96a868de..540c575071 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -53,8 +53,12 @@ You can configure the app by copying `vector/config.sample.json` to 1. `default_hs_url` is the default home server url. 1. `default_is_url` is the default identity server url (this is the server used for verifying third party identifiers like email addresses). If this is blank, - registering with an email address or adding an email address to your account - will not work. + registering with an email address, adding an email address to your account, + or inviting users via email address will not work. Matrix identity servers are + very simple web services which map third party identifiers (currently only email + addresses) to matrix IDs: see http://matrix.org/docs/spec/identity_service/unstable.html + for more details. Currently the only public matrix identity servers are https://matrix.org + and https://vector.im. In future identity servers will be decentralised. Running as a Desktop app