- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:53:37 +0200
- To: Atul Tulshibagwale <atul@sgnl.ai>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org
Hi Atul, For the benefit of everyone who isn't familiar with JWTs, could you give a reference to the definition of their data structure? Cheers, > On 21 Jul 2025, at 8:28 pm, Atul Tulshibagwale <atul@sgnl.ai> wrote: > > Hello, > We are currently working on a draft for Transaction Tokens, which envisions a new HTTP Request Header called "Txn-Token". The header value is expected to be a JWT. > > We were debating (see comments here and the attached screenshot) which HTTP Structured Header Type would be appropriate for such a value. We do not want to enclose the value in quotes, so the STRING type cannot be used. The JWTs also might be a bit long (> 1024 bytes). > > What is this group's guidance for proposals that want to add HTTP Headers that have JWT as their values? > > Thanks, > Atul > > -- > Atul Tulshibagwale > CTO > > <image.png> -- Mark Nottingham https://www.mnot.net/
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