SLP service attributes SLP service agent

A service registration is often associated with a set of Service Location Protocol (SLP) service attributes. These attributes provide additional information about the service being registered and are returned, in addition to the service Uniform Resource Locator (URL), when the SLP Service Agent replies to service requests. Service attributes further narrow an SLP search request so that only services with specified values for particular attributes are discovered.

Service attributes are used for particular service types and are typically standardized with service templates. A service template applies to a particular service type and provides the following information:

Service attributes take the form of simple name-value pairs, where the values can be integers, strings, Boolean (true or false) indicators, or byte sequences. The following are examples of service attributes:

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