Service Location Protocol (svrloc) ---------------------------------- Charter Current status: active working group Chair(s): John Veizades Internet Area Director(s): Frank Kastenholz Jeffrey Burgan Mailing lists: General Discussion:srv-location@tgv.com To Subscribe: srv-location-request@tgv.com Archive: Description of Working Group: The Service Location Protocol Working Group is chartered to make the discovery and use of Internet services an easier task than allowed by current practice. Using the Service Location Protocol this working group will work on making additions to this work to extend this functionality to the Internet at large. This working group will also work on defining service schemes and evaluate scheme presented by contributers outside of the IETF. Goals and Milestones: Done Open discussion and determine if a working group should be formed. Done Continue discussion trying to refine the problem statement and possible resolutions. Jun 96 Complete definition of Mail Relay, Mailbox, and DNS schemes. Jun 96 Define Service Location over IPv6. Jun 96 Define extensions for Service Location over other network protocols. Dec 96 Define an authentication mechanism for Service Location. Mar 97 Define how Service Location works when client is on a network other than their typical home net so that local and remote resources can be found. Jul 97 Define a global Service Location mechanism. Internet-Drafts: Posted Revised I-D Title ------ ------- ------------------------------------------ Oct 93 Jun 96 Service Location Protocol Jul 96 New Service Location Modifications for IPv6 Request For Comments: None to date.