The Web Services Interoperability Organization announced that three of its Profiles have been published by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO/IEC 29361, 29362 and 29363. WS-I's Basic Profile 1.1 provides interoperability guidance for a core set of non-proprietary Web services specifications, such as SOAP, WSDL and UDDI, along with interoperability-promoting clarifications and amendments to those specifications; Attachments Profile 1.0 complements the Basic Profile to add support for interoperable SOAP

...Being able to connect a UDDI registry/repository, where you store all of the metadata of your services, their locations, and their policies for use in one place, with a strong Validation strategy can be a big advantage in this environment. But to make it work, that validation process has to be continuous and ingrained into every phase of the lifecycle of your services.