Extended information in rooms

[homebeach]

This issue is like matrix-org/matrix-spec-proposals#1344, but for Matrix rooms. Rooms could also have key-value pair attributes such as nsfw: (true | false), languages: English, German. Rooms could also have geotag. If user attributes would be implemented and users have geotags the room geotag could be updated based on where majority of the people in the room are located.

Matrix clients could also propose rooms for you based on the attributes you define in your profile. For example "Rooms within 30km distance from you that you might be interested". If you have defined languages: English, interests: cycling, it could suggest you room "Cycling club for English speaking people".

[turt2live]

This sounds like it's best handled by state events?

[ma1uta]

Each room has state via state event https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.3.0.html#types-of-room-events. You can define own states (geotag, lang). Or define user tags via https://matrix.org/docs/spec/client_server/r0.3.0.html#room-tagging

[turt2live]

I think this is asking for specific state events to be added to the spec for common knowledge among other clients. Almost feels a bit like "extensible events as rooms" though....

[Mikaela]

This would be especially nice if the room directory got the ability to only show rooms speaking X.