The nick is registered with the user account in some way, for example as part of user provisioning with nick configured as an attribute in a directory service. This may be chosen by corporate services that wish to ensure consistent nick values for a set of users and channels.
The nick is registered with the MIX service, as described in Registering a Nick .
The user explicitly sets the nick, as described in this section.
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The MIX service generates the nick. In this case it is recommended that the assigned nick is a UUID unique identifier following &rfc4122;.
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The MIX service generates the nick. In this case it is recommended that the assigned nick is a UUID following &rfc4122;.
AUTHOR'S NOTE AND QUESTION: REVIEW use of UUID. Can it make sense for other algorithms, such as a string from the JID
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If the register request does not contain a <nick/> element, then the MIX service assigns one. It is recommended that the assigned nick is a UUID unique identifier following &rfc4122;.
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If the register request does not contain a <nick/> element, then the MIX service assigns one. It is recommended that the assigned nick is a UUID following &rfc4122;.