公开(公告)号：CA2664983A1

公开(公告)日：2004-04-01

申请号：CA2664983

申请日：2003-09-12

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： CHESS DAVID ,  SNIBLE EDWARD ,  WHALLEY IAN

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  G06F15/16 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for providing identification and monitoring of entities. A distributed data processing system (100) includes one or more distributed publishing entities (400, 402, 404), which publish computer readable announcements (800) in a standard language. These announcements (800) may contain a description of a monitoring method (802) that may be used to monitor the behavior of one or more distributed monitored entities (400, 402, 404). These announcements also may include information used to identify a monitoring method (802) that may be used by the distributed monitored entity (400) to monitor its own behavior or by a distributed consumer entity to monitor the behavior of the distributed monitored entity (400). Th e monitoring also may be performed by a third-party distributed monitoring entity (400).