Overview of the eXtensible Service Discovery Framework (XSDF)
UC3M
This document provides an overview of the eXtensible Service Discovery Framework (XSDF). It defines a collection of extensible protocols and agents for the dynamic location of network services. XSDF Service Discovery Framework is scalable and can be deployed from unmanaged LANs up to Internet-wide Service Location. XSDF also provides several mechanisms to select among the available services discovered. This allows service providers to implement load sharing or active/backup policies among multiple servers providing the same service.