A Layered Approach to AI discovery

This document proposes a layered approach to standardization of AI discovery in AI ecosystems within the IETF. It recommends separating the standardization of general discovery vehicles from the AI objects to be discovered. AI objects include agents, models, data, tasks, among others. While the topic of discovery in the realm of AI has focused on discovering agents, the concept can be extended by the layered architecture proposed here, allowing for a clarified design scope, reduced charter ambiguity, and alignment with IETF layering principles.