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Account data section needs cleanup #2030

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Link to problem area:

https://spec.matrix.org/v1.12/client-server-api/#client-config

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  • For some reason, it is called "Client config" in the spec, when literally nobody calls it that
  • It refers to account data as "events", when they really really aren't that. (They might appear as event-like things when sent down /sync or /events, but that's something else.) Related: Spec refers to EDUs and account data as "events" #897
  • Lots of bits of the spec refer to "account data" but don't hyperlink back to the spec section on account data
  • Room tags are built on top of account data, but appear before account data in the spec, so that feels backwards.
  • The "client config" (i.e. account data) section has specific information about m.tag ("m.tag events appearing in /events will have a room_id with the room the tags are for"), which seems like it should be common to all room-based account data.

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