User model attributes in Nexus Service Station are saved to the currently logged in user model during an app flow and can be reached throughout the lifetime of that app flow. Views such as Register view, Photo view and Signature view (among others) write data to this user model. It is also this user model that will be passed to the provider when it is time to persist the user data gathered in the app flow.
Some settings such as photo and signature naming in the Standard Provider will depend on these attributes.