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Spell out what we mean by a 3pid

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3PID Types
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3PIDs represent identifiers on other namespaces that might be associated with a
particular person. They comprise a tuple of `medium` which is a string that
identifies the namespace in which the identifier exists and an `address`: a
string representing the identifier in that namespace. This must be a canonical
form of the identifier, ie. if multiple strings could represent the same
identifier, only one of these strings must be used in a 3PID address, in a
well-defined manner.
Third Party Identifiers (3PIDs) represent identifiers on other namespaces that
might be associated with a particular person. They comprise a tuple of `medium`
which is a string that identifies the namespace in which the identifier exists
and an `address`: a string representing the identifier in that namespace. This
must be a canonical form of the identifier, ie. if multiple strings could
represent the same identifier, only one of these strings must be used in a 3PID
address, in a well-defined manner.
For example, for e-mail, the `medium` is 'email' and the `address` would be the
email address, eg. the string 'bob@example.com'. Since domain resolution is