diff --git a/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/constants/CommonConstants.java b/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/constants/CommonConstants.java
index ad1d18cd81..b0082e8585 100644
--- a/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/constants/CommonConstants.java
+++ b/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/common/constants/CommonConstants.java
@@ -168,9 +168,7 @@ public interface CommonConstants {
 
     String REVISION_KEY = "revision";
 
-    String METADATA_REVISION = "metadata.revision";
-
-    String METADATA_KEY = "metadata";
+    String METADATA_KEY = "metadata-type";
 
     String DEFAULT_METADATA_STORAGE_TYPE = "local";
 
diff --git a/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/ApplicationConfig.java b/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/ApplicationConfig.java
index 94495701ad..460dbc6c1b 100644
--- a/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/ApplicationConfig.java
+++ b/dubbo-common/src/main/java/org/apache/dubbo/config/ApplicationConfig.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.APPLICATION_KEY;
 import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.DUMP_DIRECTORY;
 import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.HOST_KEY;
+import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.METADATA_KEY;
 import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.CommonConstants.SHUTDOWN_WAIT_KEY;
 import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.QosConstants.ACCEPT_FOREIGN_IP;
 import static org.apache.dubbo.common.constants.QosConstants.QOS_ENABLE;
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ public class ApplicationConfig extends AbstractConfig {
         return !StringUtils.isEmpty(name);
     }
 
+    @Parameter(key = METADATA_KEY)
     public String getMetadataType() {
         return metadataType;
     }
diff --git a/dubbo-demo/dubbo-demo-xml/dubbo-demo-xml-provider/src/main/resources/spring/dubbo-provider.xml b/dubbo-demo/dubbo-demo-xml/dubbo-demo-xml-provider/src/main/resources/spring/dubbo-provider.xml
index 56a07cd2b0..c809ff3867 100644
--- a/dubbo-demo/dubbo-demo-xml/dubbo-demo-xml-provider/src/main/resources/spring/dubbo-provider.xml
+++ b/dubbo-demo/dubbo-demo-xml/dubbo-demo-xml-provider/src/main/resources/spring/dubbo-provider.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-4.3.xsd
        http://dubbo.apache.org/schema/dubbo http://dubbo.apache.org/schema/dubbo/dubbo.xsd">
 
-    <dubbo:application name="demo-provider"/>
+    <dubbo:application metadata-type="remote" name="demo-provider"/>
+    <dubbo:metadata-report address="zookeeper://127.0.0.1:2181"/>
 
     <dubbo:registry address="zookeeper://127.0.0.1:2181"/>