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

["Daniel Feygin" <feygin@unitspace.com>]

I could not find the file WASP_UDDI_HOME/etc/uddi/taxonomy.xsd referred to
in http://www.systinet.com/doc/wasp_uddi/uddi/taxonomymanagement.html.  I
looked in WASP UDDI 4.0.  Microsoft (as, I'm sure, other registry vendors)
provides similar file-based taxonomy representation functionality and tools,
while going somewhat further with an extension API get_relatedCategories:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnuddi/html
/travtreeuddi.asp.

Daniel

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Denning [mailto:pauld@mitre.org] 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 9:07 PM
> To: Pranav Parekh; Wai-Kwong Sam LEE
> Cc: uddi-dev@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [uddi-dev] RE: Representing Hierarchical Value 
> Sets (for example for uddi:uddi.org:categorization:types)
> 
> 
> 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
> > >
> 
> 
>