Name Type refers to the format in which a name space is represented. Thus, information in each name space maybe represented in multiple formats as determined by the Name Type Options supported by the TSA.
These options can be obtained using NWSMTSGetsupportedNameTypes.
This option is supported, as a target service may require to support multiple name formats for every name space that it supports. For example, the TSA for the file system (TSAFS) represents resource names in MBCS as well as UTF-8 formats from Open Enterprise Server 1.0 release. Hence, the TSA uses the UTF-8 and MBCS name types.