BS ISO/IEC 14771:1999

1 Scope
2 Normative references
      2.1 Identical Recommendations|International
             Standards
3 Definitions
      3.1 Terms defined in other International Standards
4 Abbreviations
5 Overview of ODP naming
      5.1 Introduction
      5.2 Structure of naming contexts
      5.3 Processes involving names
6 Basic Naming Concepts
7 Name resolution model
      7.1 The name resolution step
      7.2 The complete name resolution process
8 Name communication
9 Name comparison
10 Federation
      10.1 Controlling the names exported - export
             contexts
      10.2 Uniform naming of federation partners -
             federation contexts
      10.3 Providing a uniform user view of federated
             naming
      10.4 Joining a federation
      10.5 Evolution and optimization
11 Compliance
      11.1 Basis for compliance
      11.2 Compliance requirements
Annex A - Relationship with Related Naming Services and
          Frameworks
      A.1 - Relationship with OMG Object Naming Service
      A.2 - Relationship with X/Open Federated Naming API
      A.3 - Relationship with OSI Naming and Addressing
Annex B - Configuring name services
      B.1 - Quality of name service concerns
      B.2 - Distributing the name service
      B.3 - Configuring name services
Annex C - Application of Naming
Annex D - Bibliography
Index

Specifies a general structure for context-relative naming, refining and elaborating on the naming concepts specified in part 2 of the ODP-RM; makes clear the relationship between concepts of name management, for example, federation and naming, in distributed computing systems; and establishes and characterizes functions needed for handling names in the context of a federation of different naming systems. Gives a structure for naming entities of interest in ODP systems, including naming in the infrastructure of an ODP system, naming in the applications built on the infrastructure and naming in the enterprise the system serves.

This Recommendation | International Standard:

• defines a general framework for context-relative naming, refining and elaborating on the naming concepts defined in Part2 of the ODP-RM;

• identifies and characterizes functions necessary to handle names in the context of a federation of different naming systems; and

• clarifies the relationship between the concepts of name management (i.e. federation and naming) in distributed computing systems.

It provides a general framework for the naming of entities of interest in ODP systems, which includes naming in the infrastructure of an ODP system, naming in the applications built on the infrastructure, and naming in the enterprise the system serves.