From da323c9c17df83f707a92c46e5376a3cb66eda0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jazz Turner-Baggs <473256+jazzz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:22:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updated roles

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 informational/chatdefs.md | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/informational/chatdefs.md b/informational/chatdefs.md
index 9457448..1e04766 100644
--- a/informational/chatdefs.md
+++ b/informational/chatdefs.md
@@ -39,21 +39,19 @@ Terms are organized into the following categories for clarity and ease of refere
 
 ### Roles
 
-**Sender**: [TODO]
+**Sender**: A client which is pushing a payload on to the network, to one or more recipients.
 
-**Recipient**: [TODO]
+**Recipient**: A client which is the intended receiver of a payload. In a group context there maybe multiple recipients 
 
-**Participant**: [TODO]
-
-**Operator**: [TODO]
+**Participant**: A generic term for the rightful members of a conversation. Senders and Recipients are roles that participants can hold.
 
 ### Message Types
 
-**Payload**: [TODO]
+**Payload**: The encoded bytes as produced by a chat protocol. The term `message` is avoided due to conlicts with other layers.
 
 **Frame**: [TODO]
 
-**Content**: [TODO]
+**Content**: The information that is intended for end-users or applications. This is in contrast with a `frame` which is 
 
 **ContentType**: [TODO]