ALPS document describing DISCO services --------------------------------------- Allows services to register/unreg themselves in a shared, searchable registry of available services. Allows services (including the registry) to perform a "ping" health-check Allows services to "find/bind" to other services based on profile and mediaType criteria returns a single registered item register a service in the shared registry unregister a service in the shared registry sends a renewal request *from* a running service to the registry send a health-check ping *to* a running service ask for a filtered list of registered services that match the supplied criteria assert a claim to using a service (sent to the registry)