Very interesting, we have basically ported Zeroconfig
as released by Apple (in Open Source) too, and used it in both our
Virtuoso 3.x
and UDA 5.x
products.
Howl is
Rendezvous for Windows and Linux. [via Scripting News]
In the case of UDA you can configure ODBC and JDBC
consumable data source names that are hosted on the server. Users
can nownbspsimply picknbspDSNs from anbspcombo box and they are
ready to make connections to remote databases from any ODBC, JDBC,
OLE DB, or ADO.NET application.nbspAnother benefit
ofnbspZeroconfignbspis that it facilitates centralized server side
configuration which further enhances our server side session rules
book;nbspwhich serves all our Multi-Tier data access drivers.
In the case of Virtuoso you are able to bind to
pre-configured Virtuoso instances in exactly the same way.
Our Zeroconfig support has beennbspimplemented across
Solaris, AIX, Digital UNIX, IRIX, HP-UX amongst others, but this is
a project of interest all the same, and we may end up contributing
to this effort.