2.2.1 Common Data Types

The DISCOVERY-REQUEST message and the DISCOVERY-RESPONSE message rely on XML (as specified in [XML]). The following table shows the standard XML namespaces used within the BITS Peer-Caching: Content Retrieval Protocol and the alias (prefix) used in the remaining sections of this protocol specification.

Alias (prefix)

XML namespace

s

 http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema

The following table shows the Microsoft-defined XML namespace used within the BITS Peer-Caching: Content Retrieval Protocol and the alias (prefix) used in the remaining sections of this protocol specification.

Alias (prefix)

XML namespace

cd

http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2007/01/BITS/ContentDiscovery

The following sections list the elements defined in this namespace.