UDDI registry extension for rating UDDI artifacts

摘要

A method and system to provide subjective evaluations for artifacts in a Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) registry (version 3 or later). An extension to a UDDI registry receives a request from a client to add a subjective evaluation to an artifact in the UDDI registry, the request including a key identifying the artifact and an evaluation value to be associated with the artifact. The extension stores an evaluation, including the artifact identifying key and the associated evaluation value. The extension receives a request from a client to find a specific type of artifact in the UDDI registry, the request including an evaluation qualifier. The extension receives from the registry a list of keys identifying artifacts responsive to the request. The extension then provides the client with a list of stored evaluation values associated with the artifact keys in the artifact list.