Glossary of Name Service Terms. More...

Glossary of Name Service Terms.

Name Service

ASP Service that stores the Name to Object Reference mapping and provides the facility to query the same.

Service provider

Service user

Object

Object can be any service or resource.

Object Name

A string that is one of the unique identifiers for an object.

Object Reference

A reference to a particular object. It can be the logical address, resource ID, and so on.

Context

A set of Name Service entries.

Local Context

A set of mappings of node local services.

Global Context

A set of mappings of global services.

Name Service Client

Part of the Name Service linked to the user application. This provides Name Service interface to the users.

NS Server

Server part of Name Service that performs the actual processing. The Name Service elements with Name clients form the Name Service.