Dear working group members:
I'm going through the remaining open issues that have been raised about the
Bearer spec so as to be ready to publish an updated draft once the outstanding
consensus call issues are resolved.
Between -25 and -26 of the Core spec, the title was changed from "The OAuth 2.0
Authorization Protocol" to "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework". Currently
the Bearer spec's title is: "The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Protocol: Bearer
Tokens". I'm planning to make the parallel change to keep the Bearer spec in
sync with the Core spec - changing the word "Protocol" to "Framework" in the
title.
Also, given the recurring confusion that I believe that is caused by the
current title wherein people are under the (false) impression that the Bearer
spec defines bearer tokens, rather than defines *how to use* bearer tokens, I'm
planning to add the word "Usage" to the title. Thus, the new title will be:
The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework: Bearer Token Usage
This fits well with the text in the abstract that begins with "This
specification describes *how to use* bearer tokens".
I don't believe this should be controversial, but I wanted to inform the
working group of this pending change before it happens.
Best wishes,
-- Mike
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