Re: Representing Hierarchical Value Sets (for example for uddi:uddi.org:categorization:types)

[Farrukh Najmi <farrukh.najmi@sun.com>]

Pranav Parekh wrote:

> Folks,
>
> For UDDI Version 3, the UDDI specs. provides the hierarchical value 
> set for the uddi:uddi.org:categorization:types TModel.  However, I was 
> unable to find any details in the spec. as to how this value set 
> itself is represented.  Additionally, I was unable to find any APIs 
> relevant to the retrieval or management of this hierarchical value set 
> (or any other hierarchical value set for some other categorization 
> scheme).  The only API relevant to value sets is the 
> get_allValidValues but using that API how would information regarding 
> a hierarchical value set be retrieved?
>
> Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Best Regards,
> - Pranav J. Parekh
>
Pranav,

The JAXR API [1] provides the ability to manage and use hierarchical 
value sets as a JAXR ClassificationScheme (value set) which contains 
JAXR Concepts (value). You get full ability to add user-defined custom 
taxonomies, taxonomy browsing and validation of taxonomy usage. This 
feature is available as a value-added feature for a JAXR provider for UDDI.

The JAXR provider for UDDI offers several value-added features beyond 
basic UDDI capabilities including automatic validation of URLs in 
submitted data.

To get a free implementation of a JAXR provider for UDDI, you may 
download the Java Web Services Developer Pack [2] to get the latest JAXR 
Reference Implementation (JAXR RI).

Finally, the JAXR API  also provides many additional capabilities in a 
JAXR provider for ebXML Registry available royalty free at [3].

[1] Java API for XML Registries

http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=93

[2] JAXR RI and Java WSDP

http://java.sun.com/webservices/webservicespack.html

[3] Open Source JAXR Provider for ebXML Registry

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net

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Regards,
Farrukh