Re: [webauthn] Fix #622: Clarify PublicKeyCredentialEntity name descriptions

Do you mean "why SHOULD and not MUST"? If so: yes, it'll probably be the login name in most cases, but there's no reason to require (nor a way to enforce) that the RP uses it for that. As I understand it the intended use for it is primarily as a recognizable identifier to help the user choose a credential when an authenticator contains multiple first factor credentials with the same `displayName`, but I can't seem to find where I got that from.

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