>service</a>, identifying it within the <a href="#service-mesh">service mesh</a>. A service may not be renamed and maintain its identity, each service name is unique. A service may have multiple <a href="#service-version">versions</a>, but a service name is version-independent.</p><ul><li>Service names are accessible in Istio configuration as the <code class="highlighter-rouge">source.service</code> and <code class="highlighter-rouge">destination.service</code> <a href="#attribute">attributes</a>.</li></ul>