<Excerpt>
> Today's Web service registries (e.g., UDDI and ebXML)
> are implemented as centralized repositories. That is, all services store
> their service descriptions within a single, or a small number of
> registries.
</Excerpt>
Some additional information: the OASIS/ebXML Registry v3.0 enhancements
will include support for distributed (known as "federated") registries.
Kind Regards,
Joe Chiusano
Booz | Allen | Hamilton
Member, OASIS/ebXML Registry TC
"Roger L. Costello" wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> You are invited to participate in the collaborative development of a
> distributed registry technology.
>
> We have created a list (distributed-registry) for discussion of this
> topic. To subscribe to the list send an empty email to:
>
>
>
> Here is a description of the purpose of a distributed registry:
>
> A Web service registry provides information about what services do, and
> how they are used. Today's Web service registries (e.g., UDDI and ebXML)
> are implemented as centralized repositories. That is, all services store
> their service descriptions within a single, or a small number of
> registries. The purpose of this effort is to develop a concrete,
> implementable architecture for a highly distributed registry. The notion
> is that each Web service defines their own registry - comprised of the
> collection of documents that describes the service.
>
> We have created a Web page which
> - lists the design goals for a distributed registry, and
> - proposes an architecture
>
> Here's the URL to the Web page:
>
> http://www.xfront.com/dist-reg/distributed-registry.html
>
> We invite you to participate in the development of this technology.
> Thanks!
>
> Roger L. Costello and David B. Jacobs
>
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