I had the absolute pleasure of working with Isaac Rodriguez-Chavez from the DIA Global Forum. Special thanks to Mark Gribman for making the introduction. I've posted several thoughts on the idea of Headless IRT architecture over the past year. This article brings many of those ideas together. I know that there are many people that will question, challange, and flat-out disagree with me here, but the discourse is healthy.
If you are interested in discussing more, send me an email and let's chat further!