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