wsrp-pfb message

Subject: Portlet metadata

From: Subbu Allamaraju <subbu@bea.com>
To: wsrp-pfb@lists.oasis-open.org
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:17:59 -0600

Andre/Richard,

Referring to the UDDI Tech Note 0.8, have you SC considered publishing 
additional portlet metadata?

Currently, this note requires that the name and description of the 
portlet be published. Of these two fields, consumers can use just the 
name (with or without wildcards) in findService calls.

To improve searchability, I think it would be useful to specify certain 
optional fields (e.x, keywords) as categories. It is true that Producers 
can publish any additional metadata in the registry, but to improve 
interoperability, this tech note could suggest how Producers can publish 
such metadata (optional) in the registry. I think this would also ensure 
wider adoption of portlet registries.

Any comments?

Subbu