Intentional Naming System INS is a new naming system intended for naming and discovering a variety of resources in future networks of devices and services. It has the following interesting characteristics about the way it names resources and the way names are resolved.
Names express and satisfy queries about information and their providers.
Our design also includes other operators for range matches. INS resolvers are called Intentional Name Resolvers, or INRs. The configuration protocols will enable the system to work with no manual intervention, incorporating machinery to bootstrap INRs, spawn and terminate INRs, maintain neighbor relationships, and perform load management across both the local and wide-area Internet. INS advocates the integration of name resolution and message forwarding. The level of indirection provided by these names allows us to handle mobility, group communication, and service replication.