Creating business relationships by using the UDDI registry user interface
If your business has an association with another business in the UDDI registry, for example a preferred supplier, you can describe this association in the UDDI registry by creating a business relationship.
Before you begin
- The UDDI
registry contains the following default relationship
types:
- Parent-child
- A hierarchical relationship exists between the two business entities, which might represent, for example, a large organization and a subsidiary.
- Peer-peer
- The two business entities represent peer organizations, for example a company and its supplier.
- Identity
- The two business entities represent the same organization.
- Each business that is involved in the relationship must already exist in the UDDI registry.
Ensure that the UDDI registry application is started and the UDDI registry user console is displayed.
About this task
Procedure
- Activate the Publish tab by clicking it, or by clicking the Publish link at the beginning of the page or on the Welcome page.
- Click The entities that you own are displayed in the detail frame, by the .Show owned entities link.
- In the section for the businesses that you own, find the business that you want to link from, and click the Add relationship link for that business. The Add Business Relationship pane is displayed. The business key for the business that you selected is already listed in the From section.
- Click Add to add the second business, the business that you want to link to. The advanced find pane is displayed.
- Find the second business, as described in the advanced find step of Finding an entity by using the UDDI registry user interface.
- Click Select to add the second business to the relationship. If you want to change the positions of the businesses, click Swap.
- Select the type of relationship from the Type list.
- If required, type a description in the Usage field.
- Click Add relationship to create the relationship. If you own both businesses, no further action is required. The relationship is displayed as a publisher assertion in the list of entities that you own. The status of the assertion is complete.
- If you do not own the second business, the status of the assertion is pending. The owner of the second business must create a relationship from their business to yours, for the relationship to be complete and visible to other parties. The relationship type must match the type that you chose earlier.
Results
What to do next
For more information about publisher assertions, refer to the UDDI specification.
To remove an assertion that you own, display your owned entities and click the Delete link for the relevant publisher assertion. If the business in the To field is owned by someone else, the status of the assertion becomes pending, and the relationship is no longer visible to other parties.