Microsoft and IBM make UDDI specifications known
The developed language am called Web Services Description Language (WSDL).
With WSDL, IBM and Microsoft can export a clearer e-commercestrategie.
The language has been intended for the UDDI business directory (Universal Description, Discovery and Integration). WSDL is a child mix of IBM Network Accessible Services Specification Language and Microsofts Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP). SOAP is a protocol that on open standards have been based and xml (extensible markup language) uses.
There are 36 IT-suppliers, that at the UDDI business directory work, that on xml have been based. Hereby can commit let integrate the computer systems of each other.
Ariba has built in tcp/ip, html (hypertext markup language) and xml in UDDI.