Federated Naming Service Programming Guide

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  Preface

  1.  Introduction to the Federated Naming Service (FNS)

  2.  Interfaces for Writing XFN Applications

  3.  XFN Programming Examples

  A.  XFN Composite Names

Syntax

Composite Name and Naming System Boundaries

Strong Separation

Weak Separation

Composite Name Resolution

Explicit NNSPs: Junctions

Implicit NNSPs

Coexistence of Explicit and Implicit NNSPs

XFN Links

Composite Name Encoding

Backus-Naur Form (BNF)

Decomposing the Composite Name String

Composing the Composite Name String

  B.  XFN Composite Names Syntax

  Glossary

  Index