Federated Object Naming Service

Federated Naming Service (F-ONS) provides a method for hooking up or federating, multiple naming services under a single, simple uniform interface for the essential naming and directory operations.

The service supports resolution of composite names―names that span multiple naming systems―through the naming interface. Each member of a federation has autonomy in its choice of naming conventions, administrative interfaces, and its particular set of operations, other than name resolution.