UDDI required for all web services?

[Chris]

I was told by someone that all web services must be registered with UDDI
before they will function. I created a web service on my local server and
it works fine so I don't see any reason why UDDI would be a requirement if
you know the exact location of the web service you are trying to access. Am
I wrong?

Chris

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Chris,

UDDI is not required for a web service. If a client knows the endpoint
to your service (the URI), then they can access it just fine. UDDI is a
mechanism that is used to discover web services from arbitrary providers.
The idea is that you can use any provider of a web service to do what you
want, assuming that they all do the same thing (adhere to the same schema,
etc, etc). The UDDI provider would be responsible for giving you the
endpoint to connect to for your web service.

Hope this helps.