http://blogs.msdn.com/drnick/archive/2007/12/05/detecting-metadata.aspxHow do I figure out during dispatch whether a request is destined to be a metadata request or a normal application request? The reason you might care whether a request in flight is for metadata or not is because of security policy. You might want to permitenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/drnick/archive/2007/12/05/detecting-metadata.aspx#6668077Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:37:14 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6668077Nicholas Allen's Indigo Blog<p>How should I shut down a running service host? Here's a variety of attempts at answering the same question,</p>