Microsoft UDDI SDK-Glossary
Note: The Microsoft UDDI SDK is not supported by or included in Microsoft Windows versions after Microsoft Windows Server 7. The Microsoft UDDI V3 SDK is included with Microsoft BizTalk Server. For more information about the Microsoft UDDI V3 SDK, see Microsoft BizTalk Server documentation
extension URL
The URL to which extension messages should be sent on a UDDI server.
inquiry message
A message that contains a request for information that is stored on a UDDI server. Examples of inquiry messages are FindBusiness, FindService, and GetTModelDetail.
inquiry URL
The URL to which inquiry messages should be sent on a UDDI server.
publish message
A message that contains a request to add, update, or delete information that is stored on a UDDI server. Examples of publish messages are DeleteBinding, SaveService, and SaveTModel.
publish URL
The URL to which publish messages should be sent on a UDDI server.
response message
A message that contains results that have been returned from a UDDI server. Examples of response messages are BindingDetail, BusinessDetail, ServiceDetail, and TModelDetail.
UDDI Business Registry (UBR)
The cooperating network of public UDDI servers. Each UDDI Business Registry node automatically replicates the registered entities to the other UBR nodes. All UBR nodes currently support both versions 1 and 2 of the UDDI API.
UDDI server
A server that fully supports the UDDI API specification. An example of a UDDI server is the Enterprise UDDI Services component of Windows Server 2003.
UBR
See UDDI Business Registry.
UML
See Unified Modeling Language.
Unified Modeling Language (UML)
A language developed by Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and Jim Rumbaugh of Rational Software that can be used for specifying, building, and documenting software and nonsoftware systems, such as business models. It has been adopted by the Object Management Group.
Web service
A unit of application logic that provides data and services to other applications that can be invoked using standard Internet transport protocols such as Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), or File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Web services can perform functions ranging from simple requests to complicated business processes.
Web Service Description Language (WSDL)
An Extensible Markup Language (XML) grammar that developers and development tools use to represent the capabilities of an XML Web service.
WSDL
See Web Service Description Language.