10.4 Discovery Services

Various discovery mechanisms are usually available on an OES network.

  • DNS/DHCP

  • Directory services

  • Local host configuration files

  • Service Location Protocol (SLP services)

    For more information, see Section 10.5, SLP.

  • Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) server

Some systems are designed to leverage only a single discovery technology. Others choose among the various providers. And some use different technologies in combination with each other.

10.4.1 OpenSLP

For information, see Section 10.5, SLP.