I've been reading about using WMS servers to server shapefiles. When a server does support shapefiles over WMS, what format does the client download the shapes in? Will it typically be an image format (png, jpeg, etc) like it is for CADRG, or is there a way to extract the vector data, or will the shapefile data (geometries, etc) typically be part of the metadata available on the server?

I've been reading about using WMS servers to provide access to shapefile data. When a server does support shapefiles over WMS, what format does the client download the data in? 

Will it typically be an image format (png, jpeg, etc) like it is for CADRG, or is there a way to extract the vector data, or will the shapefile data (geometries, etc) typically be part of the metadata available on the server?

I've been reading about using WMS servers to server shapefiles. When a server does support shapefiles over WMS, what format does the client download the shapes in? Will it typically be an image format (png, jpeg, etc) like it is for CADRG, or is there a way to extract the vector data, or will the shapefile data (geometries, metadata, etc) typically be part of the meta data?

I've been reading about using WMS servers to server shapefiles. When a server does support shapefiles over WMS, what format does the client download the shapes in? Will it typically be an image format (png, jpeg, etc) like it is for CADRG, or is there a way to extract the vector data, or will the shapefile data (geometries, etc) typically be part of the metadata available on the server?