Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD) is a standard XML-based schema defining a standardized way to express software installation characteristics required for lifecycle management in a multi-platform environment.^[1]

The SDD defines schema for two XML document types:

Package Descriptors

define characteristics of a package used to deploy a solution.

Deployment Descriptors

define characteristics of the content of a solution package, including the requirements that are relevant for creation, configuration, and maintenance of the solution content.

• Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

• OASIS SDD Page.
• Solution Deployment Descriptor (SDD), Part 1: An emerging standard for deployment artifacts