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| -rw-r--r-- | spec/Account_Manager.xml | 16 |
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diff --git a/spec/Account_Manager.xml b/spec/Account_Manager.xml index a1aa0f1c..7a183334 100644 --- a/spec/Account_Manager.xml +++ b/spec/Account_Manager.xml @@ -153,7 +153,21 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. an Account already exists with the same display name, for instance by appending a number or the 'account' parameter. Account manager implementations SHOULD accept an empty string but account editing user - interfaces should avoid passing an empty string for this parameter.</tp:docstring> + interfaces should avoid passing an empty string for this parameter. + + <tp:rationale> + <p>The account creation UI may ask the user for a name for the new + account. If the author of the UI chooses not to do this, the + account creation UI is better able to suggest a default display + name because it has protocol-specific knowledge which the account + manager does not.</p> + + <p>The account manager always knows the complete list of accounts so + it can easily tell whether it should append something to the + display name to avoid presenting two identically-named accounts to + the user.</p> + </tp:rationale> + </tp:docstring> </arg> <arg name="Parameters" direction="in" type="a{sv}"> |