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Namespace

In computer languages, the context in which a term can have only a single meaning. For example, two files may not have the same name within a directory. In this case, the directory forms the namespace for the files.

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the preparation of guidelines for the translation of the ISBD namespaces.

Cataloguing Commission: Sub-commission on ISBD and music

Moats, "A URN namespace for IETF documents," Internet Engineering Task Force, RFC 2648, Aug.

Identifier management and resolution: conforming the IEEE standard for Learning Object Metadata

More importantly there should be no tie-in to the namespace provider and provision must be made for the ability to access the storage without having to go through the namespace.

Storage Expo 2007: feature from exhibitor at Storage Expo 2007 the UK's largest event dedicated to data storage. Now in its 7th year, the show features a comprehensive FREE education programme and over 90 exhibitors at the National Hall, Olympia, London from 17th-18th October 2007

The namespace also should provide links between folders on disparate file servers and unify these folders, giving end-users a single, simplified view of files on the network.

Virtualization takes hold: enterprise data centers embrace new/old technology to better utilize resources, but security, compliance and mobility issues must be addressed

host for the industry and have committed to helping in making it a successful and viable namespace.

.Host Announces Top Global Players as Pioneer Partners

True switching technology removes the data integrity and access risk by routing traffic, rather than storing persistent data-even file system or global namespace related data.

Network file Virtualization

LogicNP Software's EZNamespaceExtensions makes it a breeze to develop a full-blown namespace extension from scratch with full support for Windows 8 and Windows 7.

LogicNP Software Releases EZNamespaceExtensionsMFC v2013

And as business-critical needs increase, the ability for unified namespace becomes crucial to simplify management.

The network-centric file management appliance: overcoming the challenges of enterprise file services

Here again, traditional networked storage systems fall short: they are incapable of scaling capacity within a single namespace and thereby increase the time and complexity of managing networked data.