ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 14771 First edition 1999-12-01 Information technology Open Distributed Processing Naming framework Technologies de I'information - Traitement distribue ouvert-Cadre dedenomination Reference number ISO/IEC 14771:1999(E) E( @ISO/IEC 1999 No r py IHS under itted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 14771:1999(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The ISo Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by isO member bodies. In the unlikely event ?ISO/IEC1999 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56.CH-1211Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 734 10 79 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland @ISO/IEC1999-All rightsreserved py IHS unde ermittedwithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO/IEC 14771:1999(E) Contents Page 1 Scope. I 2 Normative references 1 IdenticalRecommendations|InternationalStandards. 1 3 Definitions ... 1 3.1 Terms defined in other International Standards 2 4 Abbreviations 2 5 Overview of ODP naming .. 2 5.1 Introduction 2 5.2 Structure of naming contexts... 3 5.3 Processes involving names 5 6 Basic Naming Concepts. 5 7 Name resolution model.. 7 7.1 The name resolution step... 7 7.2 The complete name resolution process 8 8 Name communication 9 9 Namecomparison 10 10 Federation..... 10 10.1 Controlling the names exported - export contexts . 10 10.2 Uniform naming of federation partners - federation contexts 11 10.3 Providing a uniform user view of federated naming .. 12 10.4Joining a federation... 13 10.5 Evolution and optimization .. 13 11 Compliance. 14 11.1 Basis for compliance .. 14 11.2 Compliance requirements.. 15 Annex A - Relationship with Related Naming Services and Frameworks.. 16 A.1 Relationship with OMG Object Naming Service. 16 A.2 Relationship with X/Open Federated Naming API. 16 A.3 Relationship with OSI Naming and Addressing . 17 Annex B - Configuring name services.... 18 B.1 Quality of name service concerns.. 18 B.2 Distributing the name service.... 18 B.3 Configuring name servers 19 Annex C - Application of Naming 23 Annex D -Bibliography 24 Index 25 ii se from IHS Not for Resale