Prioritizing search for non-exact matching service description in service oriented architecture (SOA) service registry system with advanced search capability

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage device having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code containing instructions that, upon being executed by a processor of a computer, perform a method for advanced searching of a service registry for a service description that most closely matches a service name provided by a user, said method comprising:
• said processor receiving the service name, wherein the SOA service registry system comprises the service registry, a name parser, a dictionary, and a name composer, and wherein the service registry comprises at least one service description searchable by a respectively associated service name;
• said processor determining that the service name does not have the service description that is an exact match to the received service name in the service registry;
• said processor generating a ranked alternative service name list by use of the name parser, the dictionary, and the name composer, wherein the ranked alternative service name list comprises at least one alternative service name and a respective rank of each alternative service name of said at least one alternative service name, wherein the respective rank indicates how closely the alternative service name associated with the respective rank resembles the service name provided by the user;
• said processor ascertaining that the service description matches the highest ranked alternative service name in the alternative service name list by searching the service registry with said at least one alternative service name in a descending order of the respective ranks of said at least one alternative service name;
• and
• said processor communicating the service description matching the highest ranked alternative service name to the user.

A computer system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code configured to be executed by the processor via the memory to implement a method for advanced searching of a service registry for a service description that most closely matches a service name provided by a user, said method comprising:

• said processor receiving the service name wherein the SOA service registry system comprises the service registry, a name parser, a dictionary, and a name composer, and wherein the service registry comprises at least one service description searchable by a respectively associated service name;
• said processor determining that the service name does not have the service description that is an exact match to the received service name in the service registry;
• said processor generating a ranked alternative service name list by use of the name parser, the dictionary, and the name composer, wherein the ranked alternative service name list comprises at least one alternative service name and a respective rank of each alternative service name of said at least one alternative service name, wherein the respective rank indicates how closely the alternative service name associated with the respective rank resembles the service name provided by the user;
• said processor ascertaining that the service description matches the highest ranked alternative service name in the alternative service name list by searching the service registry with said at least one alternative service name in a descending order of the respective ranks of said at least one alternative service name;
• and
• said processor communicating the service description matching the highest ranked alternative service name to the user.

A process for supporting computer infrastructure, said process comprising providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing a method for advanced searching of a service registry for a service description that most closely matches a service name provided by a user, said method comprising:

• receiving the service name, by a processor of a computer on which a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) service registry system runs, wherein the SOA service registry system comprises the service registry, a name parser, a dictionary, and a name composer, and wherein the service registry comprises at least one service description searchable by a respectively associated service name;
• determining that the service name does not have the service description that is an exact match to the received service name in the service registry;
• generating a ranked alternative service name list by use of the name parser, the dictionary, and the name composer, wherein the ranked alternative service name list comprises at least one alternative service name and a respective rank of each alternative service name of said at least one alternative service name, wherein the respective rank indicates how closely the alternative service name associated with the respective rank resembles the service name provided by the user;
• ascertaining that the service description matches the highest ranked alternative service name in the alternative service name list by searching the service registry with said at least one alternative service name in a descending order of the respective ranks of said at least one alternative service name;
• and
• communicating the service description matching the highest ranked alternative service name to the user.