Method and system of typing resources in a distributed system

A method of discovering one or more target resources in a distributed system executable over two or more computers interconnected by a computer network, the distributed system including an infrastructure executable on each computer connecting the resources, the resources including service, vocabulary and contract resources, the method comprising:

• receiving a search request for the target resources from a client, including a target description describing the target resources;
• searching a database of resource information, wherein the resource information includes:
• one or more resource descriptions describing associated resources, explanatory information explaining the resource descriptions, and access data, including interface data, for accessing the associated resource;
• determining whether one or more resource descriptions match the target description;
• and
• sending result information about matching resources to the client.

A computer system for discovering one or more target resources in a distributed system executable over two or more computers interconnected by a computer network, the distributed system including an infrastructure executable on each computer connecting the resources, the resources including service, vocabulary and contract resources, the computer system comprising:

• at least two computers connected over the computer network;
• and
• a computer program executable on each computer generating processes accessible to at least one other computer over the computer network;
• wherein the computer programs further comprises computer instructions for:
• receiving a search request for the target resources from a client, including a target description describing the target resources;
• searching a database of resource information, wherein the resource information includes:
• one or more resource descriptions describing associated resources, explanatory information explaining the resource descriptions, and access data, including interface data, for accessing the associated resource;
• determining whether one or more resource descriptions match the target description;
• and
• sending result information about matching resources to the client.

A computer program product having a computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon for discovering one or more target resources in a distributed system, the resources including service, vocabulary, and contract resources, the computer program product comprising:

• code for receiving a search request for the target resources from a client, including a target description describing the target resources;
• code for searching a database of resource information local to the client, wherein the resource information includes:
• one or more resource descriptions describing associated resources, explanatory information explaining the resource descriptions, and access data, including interface data, for accessing the associated resource;
• code for determining whether one or more resource descriptions match the target description;
• code for sending a search query to one or more computers remote from the client if it is determined that the resource descriptions do not match the target description, wherein the search query requests searching one or more other databases of resource information located at each of the one or more computers remote from the client;
• code for receiving responses to the search query from the one or more computers remote from the client;
• and
• code for sending result information about matching resources to the client.