Search operations on distributed directories

Author

Bauer, Michael ; Zahalka, Arin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada

fYear

1992

fDate

28-30 May 1992

Firstpage

445

Lastpage

448

Abstract

The ISO´s X.500 directory service provides agents with information about entities within a distributed environment. The standard identifies information (entry data) to be maintained by the directory as well as information (knowledge) that is used by the directory agents to facilitate cooperative activity, such as searching, updating and manipulating entry data. It does not address the implementation of distributed algorithms for these operations. This paper discusses different types of knowledge and algorithms for distributed search. The knowledge can be categorized into two types: that dealing with network interconnection or topology and that dealing with directory information

Keywords

computer networks; distributed algorithms; search problems; standards; ISO´s X.500 directory service; agents; cooperative activity; distributed algorithms; distributed directories; distributed environment; entities; manipulating entry data; network interconnection; search operations; searching; topology; updating; Availability; Computer networks; Computer science; Distributed algorithms; Distributed computing; Frequency; Hardware; Information management; Network topology; Protocols;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computing and Information, 1992. Proceedings. ICCI '92., Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Toronto, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2812-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCI.1992.227616

Filename

227616