Section 3: Describing and Publishing (WSDL and UDDI)

3.1 Explain the use of WSDL in Web services, including a description of WSDL's basic elements, binding mechanisms and the basic WSDL operation types as limited by the WS-I Basic Profile 1.1.

3.2 Describe how WSDL enables one to separate the description of the abstract functionality offered by a service from concrete details of a service description such as "how" and "where" that functionality is offered.

3.3 Describe the Component Model of WSDL including Descriptions, Interfaces, Bindings, Services and Endpoints.

3.4 Describe the basic functions provided by the UDDI Publish and Inquiry APIs to interact with a UDDI business registry.

References:

• WS-I Basic Profile 1.1 - http://www.ws-i.org/Profiles/BasicProfile-1.1.html