1. A method for automated policy-driven transitioning of governed objects in a service registry, the method comprising: receiving a request in a service registry executing in memory of a host server computing system to persist a governed object of a service registry; identifying a policy to be applied to the governed object in response to the receipt of the request; applying the policy to the governed object and determining whether or not the application of the policy has been successful; and, triggering a transition of the governed object from a contemporaneous state to a new state in the service registry if the application of the policy has been successful.