DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DESCRIBING RESOURCES FOR SHARED ACCESS THERETO OVER A NETWORK

摘要

A method of communicating amongst a plurality of data processing units via a network in such a way that one data processing unit can access a resource held on another data processing unit, comprising the steps of: (a) a first data processing unit communicates over the network with a second data processing unit to offer a potential agreement as to a name which will be used to identify a resource; (b) the second data processing unit accepting the agreement to use the name to identify the resource; and (c) the first data processing unit communicating over the network with the second data processing unit using the name in order to carry out processing involving shared access to the resource.