RE: [ebxml-dev] Needed help on ebxml structure

["Damodaran, Suresh" <Suresh_Damodaran@stercomm.com>]

Irfana,

I think you are referring to ebXML Registry specification.
An ebXML Registry is both a "registry" and a "repository"
A rough analogy might be 
	repository -> warehouse
	registry -> catalog

The registry stores meta-information (as you would find in a catalog)
about the items stored in the repository. The meta-information
is also classified using classification schemes (just like categories
in a catalog). The ebXML registry can also be used simply as a registry,
if needed.

Now to answer your question. The "registry" is the directory service,
and the "repository" does need a database. Howe ever, the registry
itself may be implemented using a database. The ebXML Registry lets you use
SQL 
queries also to access information the registry. For details, please
read the registry specs at www.ebxml.org

Hope this helps,

-Suresh
Sterling Commerce, Inc.


-----Original Message-----
From: irfana [mailto:irfana@compusolsoftware.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 12:47 AM
To: ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org
Subject: [ebxml-dev] Needed help on ebxml structure


Hi,
I am new to ebxml. I know it is a registry and repository.
can someone please let me know if it is a "Database" or a "Directory
Service"

Thanks,

Regards,
Irfana Khanam,
TS Lead,
COMPUSOL Software Pvt. Ltd.,
#79, DVG Road, Basavanagudi,
Bangalore - 560004.
Ph: +91-80-6992173.
E-Mail: irfana@compusolsoftware.com


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