METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY MANAGING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SERVICES IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT

摘要

The invention relates to a method for automatically managing associations between service requesting components and service providing components in a distributed environment consisting in dynamically discovering requested services by means of at least one distributed service discovery protocol, in offering provided services by means of at least one distributed service discovery protocol and in setting a link between at least one service requesting component and at least one service providing component. According to said invention, for at least one of said components, said requested and/or provided services are indicated in a declarative file which is associated to said component and in analysing said declarative file when said component is triggered in the framework of a platform belonging to the distributed environment. Said invention is suitable for home networks and company small networks.