I-D Action: draft-raskar-agentic-web-federated-resolution-01.txt

Internet-Draft draft-raskar-agentic-web-federated-resolution-01.txt is now
available.

   Title:   Registry-Assisted Discovery for AI Agents and Workloads Without DNS Discovery Anchors
   Authors: Ramesh Raskar
            Samuel Sharaf
            Pradyumna Chari
   Name:    draft-raskar-agentic-web-federated-resolution-01.txt
   Pages:   26
   Dates:   2026-07-20

Abstract:

   Many agent-discovery mechanisms assume that an organization controls
   a DNS domain and can publish a DNS record, a well-known catalog, or
   an organization gateway. That model works well for enterprises with
   operational DNS infrastructure, but it does not cover every agent or
   workload. Small businesses may own a domain yet lack the expertise or
   infrastructure to publish agent-specific DNS records. Individuals may
   have a globally scoped account identifier, such as an email address,
   while not controlling the provider domain. Personal agents and other
   workloads may run on a cloud service or local device while their
   public descriptor is hosted elsewhere.

   This document describes registry-assisted discovery for these cases.
   A NandaIndex registry binds a stable Subject Identity to a
   subject-authorized terminal object, such as an A2A Agent Card, an MCP
   server descriptor, a workload descriptor, a subject-owned AI Catalog,
   or a subject-authorized gateway. The binding includes authority,
   freshness, and revocation information. The identity owner, descriptor
   host, and runtime operator may be different parties.

   This document does not define a directory of discovery servers,
   directory federation, or a global switchboard. A NandaIndex response
   does not direct a client to another generic resolution or discovery
   service. DNS-anchored systems remain direct: when an authoritative AI
   Catalog, DNS-AID record, or organization gateway is already known,
   NandaIndex is not in the critical path. The focus is permissionless
   publication and discovery for agents and workloads that do not have a
   usable DNS Discovery Anchor.

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