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.

...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.

Microsoft has been slow to get on the SOA bandwagon. But it is starting to make some progress as it readies its registry/repository. This new offering will be built on top of SQL server and will include a UDDI version 3 service registry. For Master Data Management (MDM) - single view of the customer, Microsoft will create an offering based on SQLServer. It also views Sharepoint as a focal point for MDM. It intends to build an entity data model to support its MDM strategy.