WS-MetadataExchange
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WS-MetaDataExchange is aweb servicesprotocol specification, published byBEA Systems,IBM,Microsoft,andSAP.WS-MetaDataExchange is part of the WS-Federationroadmap; and is designed to work in conjunction withWS-Addressing,WSDLandWS-Policyto allow retrieval of metadata about a Web Services endpoint.[1]
It uses a SOAP message to request metadata, and so goes beyond the basic technique of appending "?wsdl" to a service name's URL