Local software development company Brampton York Software Technologies says it has become the first African-based member of the Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) advisory community.
UDDI is a framework that allows businesses to describe services over the Internet, and is used for enabling business-to-business (B2B) communication and commerce.
"As a multi-faceted system, UDDI not only facilitates B2B e-commerce, but it also provides a link for internal communications to be standardised worldwide between regional and national offices of large global companies," comments Stuart Mackereth, MD of Brampton York.
"As the world becomes more and more a global village, it is extremely important that offices around the world can communicate with each other regardless of their location," he says.
By registering with UDDI, a company will be able to define itself, its service offerings and preferred methods of communicating in a compatible public forum. Any company requesting information or details about UDDI, and how they can benefit from the standards, can contact Brampton York as the local member of the UDDI advisory community.
Although Brampton York will be a UDDI registrar, it will not host a directory itself, and will use the primary directory located in the US. Brampton York will advise on the process, and help clients ensure their interfaces and Web services are compliant to the UDDI standard.
"It is a lengthy process, and not entirely straight-forward, which is why we will act in an advisory capacity," comments Mackereth.
UDDI originally started as an initiative between Microsoft, IBM and Ariba, and now draws on the resources of over 250 software companies in developing the common standard of Internet communication.
"I think that UDDI will become a culture. In the future, it will just be the way things are done," says Mackereth.
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