A publisher assertion is a way in UDDI to associate businessEntity
structures. The publisher assertion defines a group of businessEntity
structures. Many businesses are not effectively represented by a single businessEntity.
A publisher assertion allows for associations to be formed between several
businessEntity structures. For example, a large company may have several subsidiaries
that have different descriptions but are still closely coupled and want to
make their relationships visible in UDDI registries.
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In the Navigator pane, select the business entity for which you
want to manage referenced businesses.
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In the Actions pane toolbar, click the Manage Publisher
Assertions icon
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On the Manage Publisher Assertions page you can add, remove, and
maintain relationships with other business entities.
Important: A business entity that is referenced
by another business entity must in turn reference that business entity in
order to make the publisher assertion public. A one-way reference is considered
an incomplete publisher assertion and is visible only to the owner of the
business entity.
