Why and when to perform this task
The gateway interacts with UDDI registries as described in UDDI registries - Web service directories that integrate with the Web services gateway. When you deploy a Web service to the gateway, you enable UDDI interaction by entering a UDDI reference, and (depending upon what you are trying to do) either or both of the following pieces of information:
You get these two keys from the UDDI registry. To help you understand what UDDI service keys and business keys are, and where you find them in a UDDI registry, this topic describes how to publish a Web service to a UDDI registry.
The following description of the UDDI publication process requires that you specify a Technical model. Technical models are generic categories. Using these models, a UDDI registry user can search for a type of service, rather than needing to know the access details for a specific service. The gateway makes no use of Technical model information because it only interacts with UDDI registries at the level of specific Web services.
The following task steps include specific navigation instructions. These instructions describe how you publish a Web service to the IBM WebSphere UDDI Registry. If you are working with a different UDDI registry, then the specific navigation is different but the underlying principles are the same.
Steps for this task
Note: The binding and the service definition for your Web service might be held in separate WSDL files, therefore be careful to type the Web address of the WSDL file that defines the binding.
Results
The UDDI registry assigns a service key to your service, and publishes the service.