In the provided platform framework, participants issue requests for registration as members of namespaces supported by the platform framework, where the namespace is a capability of an IHS (Information Handling System) that will be provided by the participant using hardware of the IHS. The platform framework generates an entry in a manifest in response to a participant's registration, wherein the manifest entry identifies a participant as registered within a particular namespace. The platform framework receives, from an operating system application of the IHS, a request for participants registered within one or more namespaces. The platform framework provides the requesting operating system application with an identity of one or more participants that are registered within the first namespace. The requesting operating system application may then choose from registered participants that provide access to platform framework resources that are available for use within a particular namespace.