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Glossary

TermMeaning
UserThe person for whom a personal agent acts.
Personal AgentSoftware acting for one user when interacting with a company.
CompanyAn organization publishing PAP discovery and one or more interaction paths.
poppy.jsonThe discovery document at /.well-known/poppy.json.
User IDA stable, opaque identifier for one user and one company issuer. It is not PII.
SessionOne user's activity at one company through one personal agent.
Session TokenA short-lived, opaque credential for a session.
Account TokenA long-lived refresh credential representing approved account access.
DPoP proofA per-request proof that the caller holds the key bound to a token.
Company AgentThe company's conversational agent advertised by discovery.
OperationA durable, revisioned proposal for an action requiring confirmation.
PAP extensionAn optional, wire-negotiated capability such as operations.
Reactor extensionA package of runtime plugins that can contribute SDK behavior.

The upstream specification is authoritative when terminology here and the draft specification differ.