Chapter 7. UDDI Essentials
UDDI is a technical specification for describing, discovering, and integrating web services. UDDI is therefore a critical part of the emerging web service protocol stack, enabling companies to both publish and find web services. This chapter provides a complete overview of UDDI and covers the following topics:
The main concepts and history of UDDI
The main uses of UDDI, such as its potential impact within the field of supply-chain management
The technical aspects of UDDI, including a detailed explanation of the UDDI data model
How to search UDDI via a web-based interface and how to use the UDDI programmatic API
How to publish new companies and services to UDDI
Popular UDDI implementations for Java, Perl, and Microsoft COM
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