Business Registry for Universal Description, Discovery and Integration protocol, is now fully operational. HP IBM and Microsoft join in.
3 May 2001, 1 pm GMT
The global Business Registry for UDDI, the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration protocol, is fully operational marking the successful completion of live beta testing.
Supporting production-class operations, the UDDI public Business Registry is a cornerstone of Web services architecture because it enables businesses to register and discover Web services via the Internet.
The launch is a milestone for the fast-growing UDDI project, which has expanded from an initial 36 companies in September 2000 to more than 260 community members today.
The UDDI Business Registry is a global, public, online directory that gives businesses a uniform way to describe their services, discover other companies' services, and understand the methods necessary to conduct
e-business with a particular company.
A key element of the infrastructure that makes Web services a reality, the UDDI Business Registry is an implementation of the UDDI version 1 specification.
"UDDI is an important component in helping e-businesses fully exploit the advantages of Web services," said Chris Kurt, general program manager for UDDI.org.
For the past several months, early adopters in the UDDI beta test have been able to experiment with this online directory for registering business services, identifying new partners and learning which technical specifications are needed to communicate with a partner's system. With version 1 now fully operational, the UDDI's global Business Registry is ready to help even more businesses, regardless of size, position their products and offerings as Web services. The need for universal interoperability for B2B transactions is driving the adoption of UDDI. Companies of all sizes can register themselves on UDDI to gain exposure to other e-businesses looking for specific B2B relationships.
Hewlett-Packard has signed an agreement to become a UDDI Business Registry operator, along with IBM and Microsoft.
www.uddi.org

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