FINDING SERVICES IN A SERVICE REGISTRY SYSTEM OF A SERVICE-ORIENTED ARCHITECTURE

Searching a service registry system including a plurality of services identified by respective service names, wherein at least some of said service names being associated with a set of client identifiers, includes receiving a search request, said request including a service name and a further set of client identifiers, searching, using a processor, the service registry system for a match between the requested service name and a service name of one of said services in the service registry system, and, in the absence of such a match, searching, using the processor, the service registry system for services that have an association with at least some of the client identifiers in said further set. A search result can be returned.