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.
About this task
Complete this task when you want to publicize an association
between two businesses in the UDDI registry. For example, your organization,
represented by a business entity in the UDDI registry, might have
several departments, each one represented by a different business
entity in the UDDI registry. You might want to declare these departments
as being linked to the parent organization, by creating parent-child
relationships between the appropriate business entities.
Procedure
- Activate the Publish tab
by clicking
it, or by clicking the Publish link at the
top of the page or on the Welcome page.
- Under Registered
Information, click Show
owned entities. The entities that you
own are displayed in the detail frame on the right.
- 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
The business relationship is published to the UDDI registry.
The UDDI user interface only shows publisher assertions for entities
that you own. To view other relationships, use the UDDI inquiry API
provided.
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.