nips/24.md

NIP-24

Extra metadata fields and tags

draft optional

This NIP defines extra optional fields added to events.

kind 0

These are extra fields not specified in NIP-01 that may be present in the stringified JSON of metadata events:

• display_name: an alternative, bigger name with richer characters than name. name should always be set regardless of the presence of display_name in the metadata.
• website: a web URL related in any way to the event author.
• banner: an URL to a wide (~1024x768) picture to be optionally displayed in the background of a profile screen.
• bot: a boolean to clarify that the content is entirely or partially the result of automation, such as with chatbots or newsfeeds.
• pronouns: a string representing the preferred way to refer to this person.

Deprecated fields

These are fields that should be ignored or removed when found in the wild:

• displayName: use display_name instead.
• username: use name instead.

kind 3

These are extra fields not specified in NIP-02 that may be present in the stringified JSON of follow events:

Deprecated fields

• {<relay-url>: {"read": <true|false>, "write": <true|false>}, ...}: an object of relays used by a user to read/write. NIP-65 should be used instead.

tags

These tags may be present in multiple event kinds. Whenever a different meaning is not specified by some more specific NIP, they have the following meanings:

• r: a web URL the event is referring to in some way.
• i: an external id the event is referring to in some way - see NIP-73.
• title: name of NIP-51 sets, NIP-52 calendar event, NIP-53 live event or NIP-99 listing.
• t: a hashtag. The value MUST be a lowercase string.