Simple Event Notification System Environment (SENSE)

Abstract: The Simple Event Notification Service Environment (SENSE) is a client-server communciation service technology for computer networks that enhances the organization and delivery of asynchronous status information. In its simplest form, SENSE is a reliable clearinghouse and delivery service for event notices.

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Notes on the condition of the document:

This is a very early, partial release of information about the SENSE facility.

Some segments of the documentation are outlines only, that is, they contain headings to indicate the intended content, but no content.
Overview sections contain some content to familiarize the reader with the concepts surrounding SENSE and its client interface.
Some appendices include introductory or partial information to give the reader a few concrete examples of the objects and properties that SENSE manipulates.

The documents are being distributed in HTML so that they may be viewed online using and printed from almost any desktop platform today.
Technical details such as property names and values, function names and argument lists, etc., are subject to change without warning.
The file structure of the document is certain to change. The final form will comprise many more, smaller files. It may even include a number of diagrams and charts to clarify configurations and protocol exchanges.
Comments and flames to the authors, please.

Comments and flames to the authors. "Why use rational argument when there's a flamethrower handy?" Hey, go ahead. We didn't exactly leave the gloves on when we wrote this. Richard Landau (landau@hannah.enet.dec.com) & Jay Martin (jkm@underscore.com) using that sterling tool, HTML Author. Last modified 96/05/19.

Simple Event Notification System Environment (SENSE)

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Table of Contents:

Introduction and Architecture

Client API

Appendices:

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