&EPA
Service Catalog
What is a Service Catalog?
A service catalog hosts descriptions of information technology (IT)
services and related components (e.g. reusable software code). A service
catalog could be in the form of a document, web page or digital
application. EPA's current service catalog is called the Reusable
Component Service (RCS).
Why are Service Catalogs Important?
Service catalogs enable users to identify resources that may be
leveraged to help reduce costs, speed development, promote
standardization and produce higher quality systems and applications.
Improvements for EPA's Service Catalog (RCS)
As EPA's technology evolves and expands there will be opportunities
to modernize and simplify how service catalogs are constructed and
made available through cloud-based solutions to all our partners -
states, tribes, territories, industry and the public. Improvement to RCS
are already underway to overcome its existing challenges.
Enhancements ready October 2018 include:
>	More efficient data entry, search and discovery.
o Users can find appropriate items with just a few clicks
to select business function and/or categorical tags
associated with each resource.
>	Reduced complexity for metadata presented on one screen
(vs. the current multi-tab approach).
Additional Information
What is the Difference
Between a Service Catalog
and a Service Registry?
A service catalog contains
information about an item such as
an API or shared service.
A service registry tracks
when/where any given service is
actively running.
A service catalog may include
information about how to connect
and/or utilize a service, but does
not keep track of which services are
active nor where they are running.
For more information on service
registries see the Service Registry
fact sheet.
For more information, contact: Steve Newman, newman.steve@epa.gov. (202) 566-2134.
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September 2018

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