Naming and service discovery
Wide-area naming
- DNS, Global Name Service, Grapevine
Attribute-based systems
- X.500, Information Bus, Discover query routing
Service location
- IETF SLP, Berkeley service discovery service
Device discovery
- Jini, Universal plug-and-play
Intentional Naming System (INS)
- Mobility & dynamism via late binding
- Decentralized, serverless operation
- Easy configuration