flesh out state events split per state-key for defining groups
@@ -69,7 +69,42 @@ nested within it.
XXX: alternatively, perhaps all the rooms and subgroups should be their own
state event with a unique state key, ensuring that this can scale to large
-groups and doesn't have to be edited atomically.
+groups and doesn't have to be edited atomically. A key like `present: true`
+would be needed to distinguish from a deleted state event. Something like:
+
+```json
+{
+ "type": "m.room.group",
+ "state_key": "#room1:example.com",
+ "contents": {
+ "present": true
+ }
+}
+
+{
+ "type": "m.room.group",
+ "state_key": "#room1:example.com",
+ "contents": {
+ "present": true,
+ "autojoin": true
+ }
+}
+
+{
+ "type": "m.room.subgroup",
+ "state_key": "+something:example.com",
+ "contents": {
+ "present": true
+ }
+}
+{
+ "type": "m.room.subgroup",
+ "state_key": "+otherthing:example.com",
+ "contents": {
+ "present": true
+ }
+}
+```
Name, Topic, Membership etc share the same events as a normal room.
