RFC - 2609

Service Templates and Service: Schemes

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2609.txt
Authors:	E. Guttman [Sun Microsystems], C. Perkins [Sun Microsystems], J. Kempf [Sun Microsystems]
Date:	June 1999
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Updates:
RFC-2165prop	Service Location Protocol (Updated by RFC-2608, RFC-2609prop)

Referred by:	24 RFC
Refers to:	10 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

The "service:" URL scheme name is used to define URLs (called "service: URLs" in this document) that are primarily intended to be used by the Service Location Protocol in order to distribute service access information. These schemes provide an extensible framework for client-based network software to obtain configuration information required to make use of network services. When registering a service: URL, the URL is accompanied by a set of well-defined attributes which define the service. These attributes convey configuration information to client software, or service characteristics meaningful to end users.

This document describes a formal procedure for defining and standardizing new service types and attributes for use with the "service:" scheme. The formal descriptions of service types and attributes are templates that are human and machine understandable. They SHOULD be used by administrative tools to parse service registration information and by client applications to provide localized translations of service attribute strings.

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