Editing Web Services Discovery (section)

==Universal Description Discovery and Integration==
'''Universal Description, Discovery and Integration''' ('''UDDI''', pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|ʊ|d|iː}}) is a [[platform-independent]], [[Extensible Markup Language]] protocol that includes a (XML-based) registry by which businesses worldwide can list themselves on the [[Internet]], and a mechanism to register and locate [[web service]] applications. UDDI is an open industry initiative, sponsored by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards ([[OASIS (organization)|OASIS]]), for enabling businesses to publish service listings and discover each other, and to define how the services or software applications interact over the Internet.

UDDI was originally proposed as a core [[Web service]] standard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/2001/03/WSWS-popa/paper08.html|title=Interoperability|website=www.w3.org}}</ref> It is designed to be interrogated by [[SOAP (protocol)|SOAP]] messages and to provide access to [[Web Services Description Language]] (WSDL) documents describing the protocol bindings and message formats required to interact with the web services listed in its directory.