System and method for creating and managing universally unique identifiers for services

1. A method for creating a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) for a web service, comprising:

creating a web service and a set service metadata associated with said web service in an integrated development environment;

deploying the web service and the service metadata in one or more end points that define a uniform resource identifier (URI) where the web service can be contacted;

registering the web service and the service metadata with a service registry;

harvesting the service metadata from the service registry into a metadata repository stored on a computing device;

generating a universally unique identifier (UUID) that uniquely identifies the web service between multiple distributed and heterogeneous systems, and storing the UUID in a service metadata asset associated with the web service in the metadata repository, wherein the service metadata asset includes a data structure representing a service type, binding and wire protocols of said web service;

storing the UUID in the service metadata associated with the web service in the service registry; and

periodically synchronizing the service metadata between the service registry and the metadata repository by employing the UUID associated with the web service.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web service is tracked using the UUID.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UUID is stored in a UDDI tModel in the service registry.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the service registry supports Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the web service is published to a plurality of service registries, and wherein the web service has the same UUID in each service registry of said plurality of service registries.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein when an enterprise service bus publishes metrics to a monitoring system, the UUID is sent along with the metrics data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein correlating the UUID enables service information to be synchronized between systems.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein when services are deployed, concrete deployment information is updated in the metadata repository and correlated using the UUID.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a finger print using an algorithm to uniquely identify an artifact, wherein the finger print is used in combination with the UUID to identify said artifact.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that are executed by one or more processors to perform a sequence of steps comprising:

creating a web service and a set service metadata associated with said web service in an integrated development environment;

deploying the web service and the service metadata in one or more end points that define a uniform resource identifier (URI) where the web service can be contacted;

registering the web service and the service metadata with a service registry;

harvesting the service metadata from the service registry into a metadata repository;

generating a universally unique identifier (UUID) that uniquely identifies the web service between multiple distributed and heterogeneous systems, and storing the UUID in a service metadata asset associated with the web service in the metadata repository, wherein the service metadata asset includes a data structure representing a service type, binding and wire protocols of said web service;

storing the UUID in the service metadata associated with the web service in the service registry; and

periodically synchronizing the service metadata between the service registry and the metadata repository by employing the UUID associated with the web service.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 wherein the web service is tracked using the UUID.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the UUID is stored in a UDDI tModel in the service registry.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the service registry supports Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI).

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the web service is published to a plurality of service registries, and wherein the web service has the same UUID in each service registry of said plurality of service registries.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein when an enterprise service bus publishes metrics to a monitoring system, the UUID is sent along with the metrics data.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein correlating the UUID enables service information to be synchronized between systems.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein when services are deployed, concrete deployment information is updated in the metadata repository and correlated using the UUID.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 10 , further comprising:

generating a finger print using an algorithm to uniquely identify an artifact, wherein the finger print is used in combination with the UUID to identify said artifact.

19. A system comprising one or more hardware processors and a physical memory containing instructions, said instructions executable by the one or more hardware processors to perform a set of steps comprising:

creating a web service and a set service metadata associated with said web service in an integrated development environment;

deploying the web service and the service metadata in one or more end points that define a uniform resource identifier (URI) where the web service can be contacted;

registering the web service and the service metadata with a service registry;

harvesting the service metadata from the service registry into a metadata repository;

generating a universally unique identifier (UUID) that uniquely identifies the web service between multiple distributed and heterogeneous systems, and storing the UUID in a service metadata asset associated with the web service in the metadata repository, wherein the service metadata asset includes a data structure representing a service type, binding and wire protocols of said web service;

storing the UUID in the service metadata associated with the web service in the service registry; and

periodically synchronizing the service metadata between the service registry and the metadata repository by employing the UUID associated with the web service.