- Access point
- The netlet or node providing
local access to a service.
- Accounting group
- Set of netlets whose
resource charges are handled together.
- Binding URL
- A URL for invoking a binding
protocol.
- Binding
- See service binding.
- Binding protocol
- A protocol for
obtaining a netlet descriptor for a service access point.
- Certificate
- In this paper, a signed document
binding a Public Key to a name.
- Codebase
- A collection of Jar files containing all
the netlet's classes.
- CRL
- Certificate revocation list, a list of signed revocation
statements.
- Descriptor
- See netlet descriptor.
- Distinguished name
- An X.500 name.
- DTD
- XML document type definition.
- Facet
- An alternative interface of an object that is
obtained by querying the primary interface.
- Hosting service
- A service provided
by a collection of nodes to allow remote netlet execution.
- Hosting contract
- The agreement
under which a netlet executes on a node and is charged for it.
- Jar
- Java archive file format2.
- Jtrix
- The Java matrix--an open, Internet-wide collection
of nodes and netlets.
- JVM
- The Java virtual machine
- Mediator
- A node-local communication object that
exports a single interface across a netlet boundary.
- Netlet
- An executable, context-independent component
in Jtrix.
- Netlet descriptor
- An XML document given to a node to create a netlet.
- Node
- A local environment where netlets can execute
and exchange services.
- Parameter bean
- A container for netlet
creation parameters.
- Principal
- The holder of a public/private key pair.
- Resource
- A node-dependent commodity, often hardware-related
(e.g. CPU, Memory, etc.)
- Service
- A node-independent commodity. A shared object
that can be accessed from any Jtrix node.
- Service binding
- The process of establishing
a service connection.
- SHA
- Secure Hashing Algorithm (NIST standard, also known
as SHA-1).
- Warrant
- An XML documents that represents a right
to use a particular service.
- X.500
- A CCITT3 standard for distributed directories.
- X.509
- A CCITT standard for digital certificates.
- XML
- Extensible markup language, as recommended by W3C4.
Ulf Leonhardt
2001-08-16