1. A method of managing a server-based directory of web services, the method comprising: receiving in a server a selection of at least one target system separate from the server; accessing the at least one target system with the server to identify each web service available via the at least one target system, thus defining one or more available services; identifying information concerning the one or more available web services with said server; filtering the information identified concerning the one or more available services to remove redundant web service information; and publishing at least a portion of the information concerning the one or more available web services within a web services directory stored on the server.