by Dave Linthicum

Common Service Descriptions could be a key to Governance

analysis
Jan 4, 20071 min

When reviewing both WSDL and UDDI, the information you're able to obtain about services are very low level indeed, allowing you to both discover and bind to a service...let's face it, that is what they were designed to do. However, neither WSDL nor UDDI provides the "meta" information that will prove useful as we leverage both private and public services. We need a common standard....

When reviewing both WSDL and UDDI, the information you’re able to obtain about services are very low level indeed, allowing you to both discover and bind to a service…let’s face it, that is what they were designed to do. However, neither WSDL nor UDDI provides the “meta” information that will prove useful as we leverage both private and public services. We need a common standard.