OSF DCE Application Development Guide--Introduction and Style Guide

Using the DCE Name Service
such as binop, spm_library, and so on. If these entries are only being accessed by
clients through profiles, their names will not be directly visible to the client anyway.
But now imagine a larger organization. The administrator will want to define some
naming hierarchy based on geography, organization, or other criteria. Somewhere within
this hierarchy some writable directories (or parent directories) would be created, which
could contain server entries, profiles, and so on. If clients are using only profiles to
access bindings, then this organization will still be transparent to them. If clients want to
bind to specific servers or objects, then more attention must be paid to the names given
the servers’ or objects’ entries. The names should in some way reflect the organization,
geography, or other relevant aspects of the server or object.
In summary, the important points to keep in mind are the following:
• The model should be appropriate for the organization and permit efficient
administration of the namespace.
• There should be simple guidelines for naming objects and services so that users have
a good chance of guessing the right answer.
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