Section 3: Describing and Publishing (WSDL and UDDI)

Module 3 - Describing and Publishing (WSDL and UDDI)

  • Explain the use of WSDL in Web services, including a description of WSDL’s basic elements, binding mechanisms and the basic WSDL operation types as limited by the WS-I Basic Profile 1.1.
  • Describe how WSDL enables one to separate the description of the abstract functionality offered by a service from concrete details of a service description such as “how” and “where” that functionality is offered.
  • Describe the Component Model of WSDL including Descriptions, Interfaces, Bindings, Services and Endpoints.
  • Describe the basic functions provided by the UDDI Publish and Inquiry APIs to interact with a UDDI business registry.

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Good Links:

UDDI

UDDI Programmers API 2.04

Here is a good current perspective of UDDI

Another good reference

Rose India

An excellent page mapping the relationship between UDDI and WSDL

Others Here, here and here