Web Services for Devices or Web Services on Devices (WSD) is a

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to enable programming connections to web service enabled devices, such as printers, scanners and file shares. Such devices conform to the

Devices Profile for Web Services The Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) defines a minimal set of implementation constraints to enable secure web service messaging, discovery, description, and eventing on resource-constrained devices. Its objectives are similar to those of ...

(DPWS). It is an extensible framework that serves as a replacement for older Windows networking functions and a common framework for allowing access to new device APIs.

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The Microsoft Web Services for Devices API (WSDAPI) uses

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for device discovery. Devices that connect to the WSDAPI must implement the DPWS.

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Web Services on Devices (Windows)Web Services for Devices (WSD)The WSD Port Monitor
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