Re: [webauthn] Fix #593 - Refer to RFC 8266 for RP-controlled UI strings

>[...] as a suggestion we should perhaps specify in [5.4.1. Public Key Entity Description](https://w3c.github.io/webauthn/#dictionary-pkcredentialentity) that the RP is responsible for [the preparation and the enforcement](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8264#section-3) of [PublicKeyCredentialEntity.name](https://w3c.github.io/webauthn/#dictdef-publickeycredentialentity)'s value, [...]
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>Similarly in [5.4.3. User Account Parameters for Credential Generation](https://w3c.github.io/webauthn/#sctn-rp-credential-params) specify the same for  [PublicKeyCredentialUserEntity.displayName](https://w3c.github.io/webauthn/#dictdef-publickeycredentialuserentity)'s value.

Shouldn't that be the client's responsibility? As @jcjones points out, this is primarily meant to defend against malicious RPs, so it seems odd to put this responsibility on the RP.

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