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Java APIs for XML-Based Web Services Addressing: An Overview of JSR 261 (BOF-9061)

WS-Addressing Core 1.0
WS-Addressing normalizes the information typically provided by transport protocols and messaging systems (defined as Infoset, with an XML representation). Encpoint Reference generalizes a URI, which need not be a web service.

Endpoint Reference:
Address consists of IRI (international version of URI), and is not necessarily a network address. Reference parameters, such as SOAP cookies, are available. Meta-data like are can be exchanged, too.