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service. A binding template points to a service
implementation description (for example, a URL). This entity
is sometimes also called access locator. A binding template
maps to a WSDL port.
tModel A tModel is a technical fingerprint, holding metadata about
type specifications as well as categorization information. Its
attributes are key, name, optional description, and URL. The
simplest tModel contains some text characterizing a service.
A tModel points to a service interface description (for
example, through a URL). The type specification itself, which
can be a WSDL document or any other formal specification,
is not part of the UDDI model. This entity is sometimes also
called service type.
Figure 11-3 displays this data model with the entities introduced above. It also
shows their relationships and the link to the WSDL level.
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Figure 11-3 UDDI entities and their relationships
The business entity tops the containment hierarchy, containing one or more
business service entities and in turn binding template entities. The tModel
instances (service types) are not contained by the business entity, but referenced
by the binding template entities.
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