TxAuth Name Game

Update (5th of June): the selected name is GNAP — Grant Negotiation and Authorization Protocol

A collection of name suggestions for what was referred to as TxAuth. Candidates are sorted by how well they meet the objective criteria.

Name No ™ [1] No ® [2] Googlable [3] Expanded Acronym
AAuthZAlternative Authorization Protocol
AZARAPAuthoriZation And Resource Access Protocol
AZARPAuthoriZed Access to Resources Protocol
BeBAuthZBack-end Based Authorization Protocol
BYOAuthZBuild-Your-Own Authorization Protocol
CIOAuthClient Intent Origin Auth
CompAuthZComponentized Authorization Protocol
CPAAPComprehensive Privileged Authentication Authorization Protocol
CTAPComprehensive Token Access Protocol
DAZARAPDelegated AuthoriZation And Resource Access Protocol
DisAuthZDismembered Authorization Protocol
DIYAuthZDo-It-Yourself Authorization Protocol
GATARGrant Authorization To Access Resources
GNAPGrant Negotiation and Authorization Protocol
GranProGRAnt Negotiation Protocol
IDPAuthZIntent Driven Protocol for Authorization
NIRADNegotiation of Intent Registration and Authority Delegation
PAuthZProtocol for Authorization
ReAuthZReimagined Authorization Protocol
RefAuthZRefactored Authorization Protocol
TIAAPTokenized Identity and Access Protocol
TIARPTokenized Identity and Access Resource Protocol
TIDEAuthTrust via Intent Driven Extension Auth
TIDYAuthTrust via Intent Driven Yield Auth
TIEAuthTrust via Intent Extension Auth
TINOAThis Is Not OAuth
txauthTruly eXtensible Authorisation
xauthzeXtensible authoriZation protocol
  1. No confusion with another protocol, major software project ™, or IETF/IRTF WG name
  2. No existing registered trademarks ® in international classes: 9, 16, 36, 41, 42
  3. Less than 1 million hits on Google