Developing Enterprise Web Services: An Architect's Guide

Architect's Notes

• Today, most Web services are discovered through non-programmatic means using manual, human intervention. Similar to the way companies scrutinize potential partner companies prior to committing to a strategic relationship, selecting services to use within enterprise applications requires significant due diligence. Manual intervention by business analysts, consultants, and others familiar with the company's business and strategic needs will almost always be required for selecting services. The most common sources of locating Web services are existing business partners, UBR home pages, service aggregators such as XMethods, or standard Web search engines such as Google.

• The UDDI Business Registry (UBR) is a distributed, public registry ...