Here is a realistic application of UDDI registries. This one is not imaginary, and is not driven by a need to somehow use a registry to get SOA qualified. Moreover, you may not find this use case prominently anymore in white papers and brochures on UDDI registries.

It seems so. Registry fans are just beginning to get the attention they have been hoping for the last few years. As I was catching up with my email, I just came this article titled "Registry + Repository = SOA Platform". Very interesting! A registry and repository to build and deploy SOA!

UDDI has not settled well in the enterprise, although it is over fours old. Every now and then, there is a new article or a blog post saying that UDDI is dead, or that UDDI has always been a hype. Then there are those who say why UDDI is necessary for categorizing services, and how UDDI and SOA are going to change the enterprise world by way of UDDI's dynamic discovery capabilities. The truth lies somewhere in between.