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  "node_id": "ietf-rfc-7523-jwt-profile-oauth2-client-authentication-2015",
  "title": "IETF RFC 7523 - JWT Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants",
  "domain": "Workflow Automation",
  "version": "2015-05",
  "last_updated": "2026-05-09",
  "bluf": "IETF RFC 7523 (May 2015) defines how JSON Web Tokens (JWT) can be used as OAuth 2.0 client authentication credentials and as authorization grants, enabling machine-to-machine API authentication without shared secrets by using JWT…",
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      "iso_standard",
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    "ietf-rfc-7519-json-web-token-jwt"
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    {
      "title": "RFC 7523 - JSON Web Token (JWT) Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants (May 2015)",
      "url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7523",
      "section": "Section 2 - Using JWTs for Client Authentication at the Token Endpoint; Section 3 - JWT Format and Processing Requirements for iss, sub, aud, exp, jti claims",
      "instrument_type": "Technical Standard"
    },
    {
      "title": "RFC 7519 - JSON Web Token (JWT)",
      "url": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7519",
      "section": "Section 4 - JWT Claims used in RFC 7523 assertions; Section 7 - Rules for creating and validating JWTs",
      "instrument_type": "Technical Standard"
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