RFC 3059 (rfc3059) - Page 1 of 6
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
Guttman Standards Track