IBM acknowledges bypassing UDDI; calls for new SOA registry standard

ebXML Registry and Repository is a SOA Registry and Repository Standard: I agree with IBM's assessment that UDDI is inadequate for a SOA Registry and Repository. Most importantly, it does not define a repository which is essential to SOA governance.

However, I am puzzled why IBM feels that there is a need for a *new* SOA Registry and Repository standard since OASIS ebXML Registry and Repository provides such a standard already. The ebXML Registry and Repository standard is in fact an ISO standard (ISO 15000 parts 3 and 4).

This is specially puzzling since IBM has already found the ebXML Registry and Repository standard good enough to form the basis of their HL7 ESB offering which they built using the open source freebXML Registry project:

Perhaps this is explained by the size of the company and one hand not knowing what the other has been doing?

If there are functional gaps in the ebXML Registry and Repository standard then I hope IBM would work with the OASIS regrep Technical Committee to improve ebXML Registry and Repository standard to identify and bridge any such gaps.

A good overview of the ebXML Registry and Repository standard may be found here:

A comparison between UDDI and ebXML Registry and Repository standards may be found here:; Posted by: farrukhnajmi Posted on: 04/30/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use