Through the business registry, companies will publish information describing how they conduct commerce and be able to search for other businesses that provide the capabilities, Web services or products they need. The UDDI Project is an open industry initiative in which any organization can participate and implement specifications. UDDI plans to transition the specifications to an industry standards body in the next 18 months.
Companies can access information in the registry free of charge.
Beta implementations of the UDDI Business Registry will be available from Ariba, IBM and Microsoft within 30 days.