UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration)

UDDI (Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration) is a directory service that helps developers find and connect to web services over the internet. Think of it as an online catalog or phone book for software services, where details about available services—such as how to access them, what they do, and who provides them—are stored. This allows different applications to automatically discover and interact with each other’s functions, facilitating seamless integration and communication across diverse systems. UDDI streamlines the process of sharing and deploying web services in a standardized, efficient manner.