ARAP does too many things

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5/5
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Over a week
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25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
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Active
Tech stack
graphql

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The issue discusses the proposed AARP profile, Catalog references, HTTP, GraphQL endpoints and schemas, and MCP, but names no files or tests. Start by reading the current AARP profile and its catalog section, then review the discussion about protocol boundaries. Done would require an agreed decision on whether the catalog concept remains in the specification and how implementers should handle it.

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Description

access-requests

Although I definitively see the value of a protocol for requesting access dynamically, the proposed AARP profile does too much. In particular: the Catalog references, which could be a separate profile I think, or left at the discretion of implementers. Its usage of HTTP may not be appropriate for some implementations (why not provide a GraphQL endpoint and schema instead for example, which may actually be more appropriate, since GraphQL Schema are introspectable, and standard?). Or maybe the actual missing information must be accessed via MCP, or any other protocol...

I don't think there is way to create a 1-size-fits-all definition here, and would much rather remove the whole catalog concept from the spec, and let implementers be flexible here.

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