A system and method of managing document distribution services of a plurality
of
document distribution providers includes registering the document distribution
services, identifying at least one resource for each of the document distribution
services, and monitoring an availability of the at least one resource for each
of the document distribution services. As such, identifying at least one resource
for each of the document distribution services includes defining at least one attribute
of the at least one resource and monitoring the availability of the at least one
resource for each of the document distribution services includes recording a status
of the at least one attribute of the at least one resource.