WS-MetaDataExchange is a

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s protocol specification, published by

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, and SAP. WS-MetaDataExchange is part of the WS-Federation roadmap; and is designed to work in conjunction with WS-Addressing,

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and WS-Policy to allow retrieval of metadata about a Web Services endpoint.Cover Pages: Web Services Metadata Exchange (WS-MetadataExchange) for Service Endpoints
/ref> It uses a SOAP message to request metadata, and so goes beyond the basic technique of appending "?wsdl" to a service name's URL

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W3C Working Draft of WS-MetadataExchange

WS-MetadataExchange Specification
{{compu-network-stub Web service specifications

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