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Subject: RE: [regrep] UDDI FAQ entry on ebXML Registry


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Most of my critique of Farrukh's FAQ statement is grammatical.

My comments/changes are in red.  I would have used "strikeout" but my Outlook program has disabled it for some reason.  Hence, I've included Farrukh's original beneath mine for reference.  Thanks for putting up with a lurker's comments.

--Nicholas

<Nicholas>
The ebXML Registry is a constituent of the Electronic Business using XML (ebXML) standard, which develops standards and protocols to support business-to-business (B2B) operations. The ebXML Registry TC has defined a general purpose registry specification*, known as ebXML Reg/Rep, for publishing and discovering shareable** content and metadata***. The ebXML Reg/Rep is both a registry and a repository.

UDDI, managed by the UDDI Spec TC, is focused as a registry service for Web services and its artifacts. [I don't believe it's wise for Reg/Rep to attempt a definition of UDDI in this particular space....leave that for the ebXML FAQ.  I'd strike this entire sentence.]

UDDI and ebXML Registries may be used both within the organization and across organizations.

*"service" is a loaded word these days.
**"arbitrary" connotes whimsical or meaningless; I don't think it's in our interest to state that we deal with "arbitrary" information.  However, I do believe one of the most pertinent aspects of the ebXML Registry is that it shares information, and you don't mention that here.
***Is there a requirement somewhere that metadata registered in an ebXML registry be "standardized"?  I don't believe so, except to the extent that it be useful to at least two parties, and they agree on both the semantic meaning and structural integrity of such metadata.  However, I couldn't think of a modifier that encapsulated that idea.

</Nicholas>

<Farrukh>
ebXML Registry is a constituant part of the Electronic Business using XML (ebXML) standard, which develops standards and protocols to support business-to-business (B2B) operations. The ebXML Registry TC has defined a general purpose registry service for publishing and discovery of arbitrary content and standardized metadata, known as ebXML Reg/Rep. ebXML Reg/Rep is both a registry and a repository.

UDDI, managed by the UDDI Spec TC, is focused as a registry service for Web services and its artifacts.

Both UDDI and ebXML Registry may be used within the organization and across organizations.
</Farrukh>


-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Thomas Manes [
mailto:anne@manes.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 7:12 AM
To: Farrukh Najmi; regrep@lists.oasis-open.org
Cc: Luc Clément
Subject: Re: [regrep] UDDI FAQ entry on ebXML Registry


Farrukh,

Your characterization of UDDI is inaccurate. UDDI is a general-purpose
registry. (We have a technical note that explains how to use UDDI as a
registry for ebXML services.) It can also be used to register Web sites,
Non-Web applications, schemas, namespaces, software assets, non-electronic
services, etc. I know a number of users that use UDDI as a software asset
management system.

Obviously there is a tremendous amount of overlap between the capabilities
of the two registries. The one significant difference between the two is
that RegRep is both a registry and a repository, and UDDI is only a registry.

Anne

At 10:02 AM 1/14/2004, Farrukh Najmi wrote:

>Team,
>
>The UDDI TC has the following question in their FAQ:
>
>8. How does UDDI compare with the work of the OASIS ebXML Registry TC?
>
>I was helping Luc scrub the answer to the question. With Luc's
>permission
>I post the latest answer below.
>The description below seems reasonable to me. Does any one have any comments?
>
>My thanks to Luc for his responsiveness on this subject.
>
>BTW maybe we should consider having the exact same question and answer
>in
>our FAQ (with Luc's permission)?
>
>--
>Regards,
>Farrukh
>
>>ebXML Registry is a constituant part of the Electronic Business using
>>XML
>>(ebXML) standard, which develops standards and protocols to support
>>business-to-business (B2B) operations. The ebXML Registry TC has defined
>>a general purpose registry service for publishing and discovery of
>>arbitrary content and standardized metadata, known as ebXML Reg/Rep.
>>ebXML Reg/Rep is both a registry and a repository.
>>
>>UDDI, managed by the UDDI Spec TC, is focused as a registry service
>>for
>>Web services and its artifacts.
>>
>>Both UDDI and ebXML Registry may be used within the organization and
>>across organizations.
>
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