ChannelFinder is a directory server, implemented as a REST style web service. Its intended use is within control systems, namely the EPICS Control system, for which it has been written.

It consists of three projects, the Web Service itself and the Java Client library which are Maven projects, it also consists of a Python Client Library.

This effort is a collaboration between:

	BNL Brookhaven National Laboratory
	HZB Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie