Network environments and location of resources therein
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1. A network environment having a plurality of network resources, some of the inter-resource relationships being categorised, whereby location of a desired resource may be effected by employing a categorical search parameter and dispatching the search request across the network such that the request is only propagated between resources where an appropriate inter-resource relationship is found to exist.
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A network environment having a plurality of network resources, some of the inter-resource relationships being categorised, whereby location of a desired resource may be effected by employing a categorical search parameter and dispatching the search request across the network such that the request is only propagated between resources where an appropriate inter-resource relationship is found to exist.
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- 1. A network environment having a plurality of network resources, some of the inter-resource relationships being categorised, whereby location of a desired resource may be effected by employing a categorical search parameter and dispatching the search request across the network such that the request is only propagated between resources where an appropriate inter-resource relationship is found to exist.
- 8. A system for locating a resource within a network environment, comprising generating a search request, the request specifying a desired resource and a categorical search parameter, and effecting propagation of the search request across the network, the search request only being forwarded between network resources where the resources have an inter-resource relationship corresponding to the categorical search parameter.
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