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