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Attribute List Extension for the Service Location Protocol

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Network Working Group                                         E. Guttman
Request for Comments: 3059                              Sun Microsystems
Category: Standards Track                                  February 2001


       Attribute List Extension for the Service Location Protocol

Status of this Memo

   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 (2001).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   The Service Location Protocol, Version 2 (SLPv2) provides a mechanism
   for a service to be discovered in a single exchange of messages.
   This exchange of messages does not presently include any of the
   service's attributes.  This document specifies a SLPv2 extension
   which allows a User Agent (UA) to request a service's attributes be
   included as an extension to Service Reply messages.  This will
   eliminate the need for multiple round trip messages for a UA to
   acquire all service information.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
       1.1. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
       1.2. Notation Conventions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   2. Attribute List Extension  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
   3. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   4. Internationalization Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   5. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   6. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
   Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6








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