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How to Publish a Provider -

A provider represents any group or entity that offers one or more services. Valid examples of a provider might include a business, a business unit, an organization, an organizational department, a person, a computer, or an application that offers a service.

Jump to: Add a provider, Add an identifier, Add a category, Add a discovery URL, Add a relationship.

Add a Provider

  1. On the UDDI Services UDDI menu, click Publish.
  2. Click the Providers tab.
  3. Click Add Provider.
    (New Provider Name) appears.
  4. In the details area, click Edit.
  5. In the Language list, select a language for this name.
  6. In Name, type a name for this provider.
  7. Click Update.
  8. To add names in other languages, click Add Name and repeat steps 5 through 7.
  9. Click Add Description.
  10. In the Language list, select a language for this description.
  11. In Description, type a brief description for this provider.
  12. Click Update.
  13. To add descriptions in other languages, repeat steps 9 through 12.

Add an identifier

Use identifiers to define the logical groupings that this provider is a member of.
  1. Click the Identifiers tab
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  2. Click Add Identifier.
  3. Select the tModel that represents the identification scheme that you are associating with this provider, if available.
  4. In Key Name, type a name for this identifier.
  5. In Key Value, type a value for this identifier.
  6. Click Update.
  7. To add additional identifiers, repeat steps 2 through 6.

Add a category

Categories provide descriptive information about this provider, such as its geographical location, the services it provides, or any other appropriate classification. Searches and queries use categories to locate providers of a particular type, classification, or attribute. Assign the appropriate classifications to this provider so that it can be discovered logically and intuitively by either human search or programmatic query.
  1. Click the Categories tab.
  2. Click Add Category.
  3. Select an appropriate Categorization Scheme and subcategory.
  4. Click Add Category.
  5. To add additional categories, repeat steps 2 through 5.

Add a Discovery URL

A Discovery URL provides a link to additional technical or descriptive information about a provider. When a provider is created, UDDI Services automatically creates a Discovery URL pointing to this provider's businessEntity within this installation of UDDI Services.
  1. Click the Discovery URLs tab.
  2. Click Add URL.
  3. In Discovery URL, enter the URL that contains the data you want to publish.
  4. In Use Type, type the use type of this Discovery URL.
  5. Click Update.
  6. To add additional Discovery URLs, repeat steps 2 through 5.

Add a relationship

Relationships define the relationships between providers that you want to make known. They are useful when describing an organizational structure or advertising partnerships between providers.
  1. Click the Relationships tab.
  2. Click Add Relationship.
  3. Select the provider with whom you want to publish a relationship.
  4. In Relationship type, select the type of relationship you want to establish.
    • Identity: Both providers represent the same organization.
    • Parent-child: One provider is a parent of the other provider, such as a subsidiary.
    • Peer-peer: One provider is a peer of the other provider.
  5. Select the direction of the relationship.
    • (Your Provider) to Other Provider: A relationship where your provider represents the parent or peer entity.
    • Other Provider to (Your Provider): A relationship where the other provider represents the parent or peer entity.
  6. Click Add.
  7. To create additional relationships, repeat steps 2 through 6.
Any relationship that you define is not published until the other provider approves it. A relationship that has not yet been approved displays as "Pending" in your Relationships tab, and appears as "Pending Approval" in the other provider's Relationships tab.

You have now added and defined a provider and are ready to add contacts and services to it. For more information, see How to Add a Contact or How to Add a Service.