Searching UDDI registries

This section describes how to search a registry by business, service, or tModel entry.

Select the Search folder.

Complete the search options for the type of search you want to perform and click Search. Table 6-2 describes the search properties.
When the search completes, click the Results folder to view the results.
Click any of the items returned from the search to view additional information about a business, service, or tModel.

**Table 6-2: Search properties**
Search type	Options	Description
Business	Business name	Enter a name of a business for which you are searching.
	Sort by name	Select this check box and click Ascending or Descending, depending on the order you want to display the businesses.
	Sort by date	Select this check box to sort businesses by the date they were created or modified.
	Case sensitive	Considers case when performing a search.
	Exact match	Search only for those businesses that exactly match the Business name.
	Advanced options	Advanced search options allow you to search by: Categories – can be used in searches to locate information in a registry based on business, service, or tModel category. Identifiers – an industry-standard identifier is unique to a business or tModel.
	Add Category	Add a category to this business. See “Categories” for more information about categories.
	Add Identifier	Add an identifier to this business. See “Identifiers” for more information about identifiers.
Service	Service name	Enter a name of a service for which you are searching.
	Sort by name	Select this check box and click Ascending or Descending depending on the order you want to display the service.
	Sort by date	Select this check box to sort services by the date they were created or modified.
	Case sensitive	Consider case when performing a search.
	Exact match	Search only for those services that exactly match the Business name.
	Add Category	Add a category to this business. See “Categories” for more information about categories.
tModel	tModel name	Enter a name of a tModel for which you are searching.
	Sort by name	Select this check box and click Ascending or Descending, depending on the order you want to display the tModel.
	Sort by date	Select this check box to sort tModels by the date they were created or modified.
	Case sensitive	Consider case when performing a search.
	Exact match	Search only for those services that exactly match the tModel name.
	Add Category	Add a category to this business. See “Categories” for more information about categories.
	Add Identifier	Add an identifier to this business. See “Identifiers” for more information about identifiers.