Re: [uddi-dev] RE: Representing Hierarchical Value Sets (for example for uddi:uddi.org:categorization:types)

[Paul Denning <pauld@mitre.org>]

UDDI Spec TC is looking into "external taxonomies":
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/uddi-spec/200303/msg00000.html

Systinet WASP-UDDI has nice support for taxonomy download and upload using XML.
http://www.systinet.com/doc/wasp_uddi/uddi/taxonomymanagement.html

Paul


At 04:58 PM 2003-03-18, Pranav  Parekh wrote:
>Thanks for the response Sam.
>
>
>Some follow-up comments and questions..
>
>In my original question, when I mentioned that I was unable to find any
>details in the spec. as to how the hierarchical value set is
>represented.. I meant to say I was unable to find the XML representation
>of the hierarchical value set.
>
>Also, since there are no APIs for users of the registry to retrieve the
>hierarchical value set (that a category scheme or identifier scheme is
>bound to have), any vendor who thinks it is important or necessary to
>expose this functionality for end users will have a custom
>implementation.  In light of that, is there a preferred approach that
>the UDDI committee has recommended which might become part of a future
>specification?
>
>Thanks,
>- Pranav
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wai-Kwong Sam LEE [mailto:Sam.Lee@oracle.com]
>Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:37 PM
>To: Pranav Parekh
>Cc: uddi-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
>Subject: Re: Representing Hierarchical Value Sets (for example for
>uddi:uddi.org:categorization:types)
>
>
>The complete hierarchy of the value set
>uddi:uddi.org:categorization:types tModel is detailed in the spec
>section 11.1.1.4:
>
>http://uddi.org/pubs/uddi_v3.htm#UDDITypes
>
>There is no API for users of the registry to retrieve this value set.
>
>In general, in UDDIv3, there are APIs (such as the get_allValidValues
>you mentioned) to allow a *registry* (rather than the users of the
>registry) to retrieve valid values of a value set from a value set
>provider.
>
>The API set was created to allow a registry implementation to cache the
>valid values for spell-check type of validation, rather than for end
>users to retrieve the values and the structure (such as hierarchy) of a
>value set.
>
>
>- sam
>
>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
> >