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                            This document specifies the message exchange framework for communicating data element definitions with an ISO/IEC 11179-3 metadata registry (MDR). It defines message semantics, protocols and bindings for a set of transactions allowing the exchange of a commonly used subset of data element metadata with an ISO/IEC 11179-3 MDR.This document establishes the following data element message exchange interoperability specifications:—     retrieving data element list from an ISO/IEC 11179-3 MDR matching the selection criteria;—     retrieving metadata of a selected data element from an ISO/IEC 11179-3 MDR.