- From: Mark Nottingham <mnot@mnot.net>
- Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 09:25:06 +1100
- To: Sanatkumar Dhir <sd3824@columbia.edu>
- Cc: ietf-http-wg@w3.org, tpauly@apple.com, mbishop@evequefou.be, My Residence <skdhir@gmail.com>
Hi Sanat, Your draft touches on a number of current discussions. So far, those discussions have taken place mostly separately, both to make things more manageable and because many of the concerns are separable. I think the relevant IETF venues that you might want to look into are: * Web Bot Auth - https://datatracker.ietf.org/wg/webbotauth/about/ (a Working Group) * Agent to Agent - https://mailman3.ietf.org/mailman3/lists/agent2agent.ietf.org/ (a mailing list that is preparing a proposal for a Working Group) * Crawler Payment - https://mailman3.ietf.org/mailman3/lists/crawl-payment.ietf.org/ (a mailing list for discussion, at this point) Note that the first two have significant context that you'd benefit from getting up to speed with before sending your draft (IMO). There are also a number of non-IETF efforts and discussions that might be relevant as well. E.g., * http://rslstandard.org/ While it's likely that the HTTP Working Group and/or the HTTP Directorate will review work in this area, I suspect we wouldn't take on this kind of work, both because it's specific to a class of application (AI agents) and because it's a big and contentious enough area that it deserves a separate working group (or three). Cheers, > On 25 Nov 2025, at 1:00 pm, Sanatkumar Dhir <sd3824@columbia.edu> wrote: > > Hi Mark, Tommy, and Mike, > I wanted to briefly introduce myself and share context for my new draft: > https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-dhir-http-agent-profile/ > I’m an independent researcher and student at Columbia Business School with a background in AI systems and engineering leadership, and I have been studying the challenges emerging from the rapid rise of autonomous agent traffic. > My intent with HAP is to start a meaningful conversation around agent identity, human/agent distinction, and protocol-layer economic mechanisms, all within HTTP’s existing framework. > As a first-time IETF contributor, I welcome any guidance you may have regarding direction, expectations, or alignment with the WG’s scope. > Thank you, > Sanat. -- Mark Nottingham https://www.mnot.net/
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