WS-Discovery

Web Services Dynamic Discovery (WS-Discovery) is a technical specification that defines a multicast discovery protocol to locate services on a local network. The WS-Discovery standard was developed by BEA Systems, Canon, Intel, Microsoft, and WebMethods.

As the name suggests, the actual communication between nodes is done using web services standards, notably SOAP.

Various components in Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system, such as the "People Near Me" contact location system, use WS-Discovery.

See also

* List of Web service specifications

External links

* [http://specs.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/04/discovery/ws-discovery.pdf WS-Discovery specification, April 2005] - PDF file
* [http://www2.zdo.com/archives/30-WS-Discovery-to-Find-Web-Services-During-Run-Time.html WS-Discovery to Find Web Services During Run-Time] - A quick tutorial.
* [http://www2008.org/papers/fp389.html Where to find Web Services on the Web: Investigating Web Services on the World Wide Web] .