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   "claim": "draft-ietf-wimse-aims-00 is a WIMSE working group document dated 2026-09-15 covering best practices for authentication and authorization of AI agent interactions; it normatively references wimse-arch, wimse-http-signature, transaction tokens and RFC 9728.",
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   "date": "2026-10-15",
   "note": "curated update 2026-10-15"
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