Abstract
An XML registry provides a mechanism by which XML artifacts can be stored, maintained, and discovered. Use of an XML registry can help facilitate the reuse of XML artifacts such as schemas, DTDs, and XML documents, thereby increasing efficiency in XML-related development efforts. An XML registry maintains a rich set of metadata for each stored artifact, which allows for efficient automatic discovery of artifacts. The OASIS/ebXML Registry Technical Committee defines and maintains the specification for the OASIS/ebXML Registry standard. The ebXML Registry specification was initially defined as part of the ebXML initiative, which began in November 1999 and culminated in May 2001. This presentation will provide a history and overview of the OASIS/ebXML Registry standard, along with highlights from the upcoming Version 3 specification. It will also highlight an open source implementation of the OASIS/ebXML Registry standard, the SourceForge "ebxmlrr" project. |
