UDDI Web services spec released

C|Net | at | by Mike

A Microsoft- and IBM-backed group that promotes the use of the emerging UDDI Web services specification announced Thursday that its members would start distributing test copies of the latest version of the spec.

The UDDI, or Universal Description, Discovery and Integration, specification serves as a registry and locator service that identifies and catalogs Web services applications so they can be easily found online. The UDDI Business Registry Operators Council, made up of IBM, Microsoft, NTT Communications and SAP, is promoting usage of UDDI by providing support to the software-developer community.