METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A PLUG-IN MODEL FOR PUBLISHING STRUCTURED META-DATA BASED DISCOVERY

摘要

Methods and apparatus for publishing services and performing queries for service in a network are described herein. Service descriptions writing in a native search description language are translated to a normalized schema. The normal schema is published to the network. Queries to the network, which may be written in any native search description language, are also translated to normalized schema prior to performing the search. Accordingly, all services available can be published and located in a query without consideration of the native search description language.