Patent ID: 6691119
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
In a computer system that processes messages comprising a name space and property pair, wherein some messages may be formatted in accordance with a concatenated naming scheme and other messages may be formatted in accordance with a separated naming scheme, a computer-implemented method that allows both a concatenated naming scheme application and a separated naming scheme application to refer to a single resource, which supports only one naming scheme, in accordance with each application's respective naming scheme, the method comprising:receiving a request including a header specifying a property and a name space having a naming scheme according to either a concatenated naming scheme or a separated naming scheme; if the request refers to a resource formatted in accordance with the concatenated naming scheme and the naming scheme of the header is according to the separated naming scheme, then translating the header so that the header has a naming scheme according to the concatenated naming scheme; if the request refers to a resource formatted in accordance with the separated naming scheme and the naming scheme of the header is according to the concatenated naming scheme, then translating the header so that the header has a naming scheme according to a separated naming scheme; and, outputting the request including the header specifying the property and the name space.