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B2B Integration : A Practical Guide to Collaborative E-commerce

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exchange data with other companies through multiple channels<br />

9.4.6. Direc<strong>to</strong>ry services<br />

As seen in the multi-hub architecture figure, a real world implementation<br />

is completely distributed in nature with multiple instances of integration<br />

brokers connecting several applications and middleware resources.<br />

Direc<strong>to</strong>ry service of an integration broker is like yellow pages that<br />

maintain an index of all source and target applications along with their<br />

location, communication pro<strong>to</strong>col and use. It provides a single point of<br />

entry, also known as a gateway, along with search facilities for all the<br />

applications and resources connected by the broker.<br />

9.4.7. Trading partner management and<br />

personalization<br />

<strong>Integration</strong> brokers should provide a metadata reposi<strong>to</strong>ry, which can<br />

s<strong>to</strong>re the definition, preferences and technical specifications (such as

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