Comparative Analysis of UDDI and ebXML Registry in Service Oriented Architecture

Abstract

The automation of business processes across organizations required to integrate the cooperating software systems in order to achieve the desired level of interoperability. Modern integration technologies are used across business organizations to perform business electronically. In this paper, we have discussed and compared significant features of the two such technologies UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration) and ebXML (electronic business XML) which serve as a registry for publishing and finding a web service for various business organizations. After introducing the concept of both the technologies, similarities and differences between them are discussed in this paper. Business organizations wanting to do business-to-business collaboration need to decide, which technology from these two will be suitable for their collaboration requirement. This paper gives a fair comparison on the architectural, technical, and vendor support basis for these two technologies.