From 091e3dc874f6a6c8245a3b83c161d5c621cdc0a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jazz Turner-Baggs <473256+jazzz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 15:52:38 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Standardize Phases and components

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 standards/application/chat-framework.md | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/standards/application/chat-framework.md b/standards/application/chat-framework.md
index 306c0da..b0a020c 100644
--- a/standards/application/chat-framework.md
+++ b/standards/application/chat-framework.md
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ With the vast amount of information required to maintain compatibility between a
 
 # Theory / Semantics
 
-This specification defines an abstract framework for building a chat protocol. Its purpose is to name the components, and define modular boundaries between components to promote reuse. The end result is that a chat protocol implementation can be described by listing its approach to 5 problem areas.
+This specification defines an abstract framework for building a chat protocol. Its purpose is to name the distinct components/phases, and define modular boundaries between them to promote reuse. The end result is that a chat protocol implementation can be described by listing its approach to 5 things.
 
-The chat protocol is decomposed into 3 distinct phases.
+The lifecycle of a protocol instance is divided into three phases:
 
 - **Discovery:** How does a Sender learn of other clients.
 - **Initialization:** How does a Recipient learn a client wants to communicate with them.
 - **Operation:** How do participants exchange content.
 
-and transport details are divided into:
+and transport details are divided into 2 components:
 
 - **Delivery Service:** How are payloads routed and delivered to a client.
 - **Framing Strategy:** How are payloads encoded.
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ In this protocol framework, payloads from multiple protocols are potentially mul
 A framing strategy should define a common payload type as well as a method to determine which state machine a receiving client must use to decode it.
 
 
-## Protocol Components
+## Protocol Phases
 
 In order to exchange content clients must be able to learn of each others existence, gather the pre-requisite information/parameters and, remain synchronized over time.