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<b>Provider</b>&nbsp;&nbsp; A party—any business, or physical or conceptual 
group—that offers one or more XML Web services. For example, a business, 
business unit, organization, organizational department, person, computer, or an 
application can be a provider
<uddi:ContentController Runat='server' Mode='Private'> in
UDDI&nbsp;Services</uddi:ContentController>. A provider 
represents the "parent" entity under which all contact, service, and interface 
information is stored and organized.