[off topic] XML WSDL Question

G

Geoff

The other groups do not seem to have many posts, so, I thought I would ask
here if someone knows.

In the good old days, say your company made slippers, planners would decide
how many of each slipper to make, that info is fed into an in-house program
which calculates the quantity of raw materials needed.

Purchasing agents, employees of the company, would then find suppliers,
negotiate prices, etc. and buy the materials.

The promise of WSDL is to allow the computer of the slipper company to
lookup in a UDDI registry who makes the raw materials needed then check
prices and buy. Some even felt that the internet could be put on automatic
and let the computers handle things but companies soon realized that people
needed to be involved.

So, if purchasing agents have to be in the loop, how have things changed
since the 80's? In the 80's, a factory might fax a purchase order until an
agent tells them to buy from some other place, etc.

Also, how much is UDDI really used? Searching for UDDI sites that actually
work does not seem to return a whole lot. If you had a coffee shop and
decided to sell coffee blends (beans) via the internet and registered your
service in a UDDI registry, would it make much difference in your volume of
business?

Thanks.

-g
 

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