METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING OF ATTRIBUTES TO NETWORKED RESOURCES

摘要

A method for locating resources within computer networks based on the attributes of those resources. A client computer (102) formulates a query (302) by selecting one or more attributes from a predefined set of attributes. The computer (102) sends the query (304) to the attribute service server which receives the query (306), resolves the query (308), formulates a response (310) and sends the response (312) to the client computer (102).