[Opensim-dev] User vs Avatar [WAS: Proposed additional db fields]

[James Hughes]

Stefan Andersson wrote:
> It is my firm belief, based on numerous integrations with custom
> backends, that we should separate the 'user' concept from the 'avatar'
> concept. On all Tribal Medias productions, the user logs on with a
> user id, not avatar first/last. In the real world (aka non-sl-grid
> world) it makes sense to separate them in the db.
>  
> Maybe the cross-section would be the 'agent' - and in the simplest of
> instances, agentId == userId == avatarId.
>  
> What I mean is that an asset was uploaded and accessed by an 'agent',
> not a 'user' or an 'avatar'. This should be reflected in the tables as
> well.
>
I think this would be great. Avatar name collisions wouldn't matter
anymore. So, users wanting to use their real names would be able to, and
inter-grid travel would be easier w/o the avatar name collisions.

<j> BlueWall