diff --git a/packages/binding-coap/src/coap-client.ts b/packages/binding-coap/src/coap-client.ts
index f27599259..9cddc9033 100644
--- a/packages/binding-coap/src/coap-client.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-coap/src/coap-client.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,24 @@ export default class CoapClient implements ProtocolClient {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        const options: CoapRequestParams = this.uriToOptions(uri);
+        const req = this.agent.request(options);
+
+        req.setOption("Accept", "application/td+json");
+        return new Promise<Content>((resolve, reject) => {
+            req.on("response", (res: IncomingMessage) => {
+                const contentType = (res.headers["Content-Format"] as string) ?? "application/td+json";
+                resolve(new Content(contentType, Readable.from(res.payload)));
+            });
+            req.on("error", (err: Error) => reject(err));
+            req.end();
+        });
+    }
+
     public async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
diff --git a/packages/binding-coap/src/coaps-client.ts b/packages/binding-coap/src/coaps-client.ts
index a76168166..6379f6a9c 100644
--- a/packages/binding-coap/src/coaps-client.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-coap/src/coaps-client.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,23 @@ export default class CoapsClient implements ProtocolClient {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        const response = await coaps.request(uri, "get", undefined, {
+            // FIXME: Add accept option
+            //       Currently not supported by node-coap-client
+        });
+
+        // TODO: Respect Content-Format in response.
+        //       Currently not really well supported by node-coap-client
+        const contentType = "application/td+json";
+        const payload = response.payload ?? Buffer.alloc(0);
+
+        return new Content(contentType, Readable.from(payload));
+    }
+
     public async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
diff --git a/packages/binding-file/src/file-client.ts b/packages/binding-file/src/file-client.ts
index 91d4a2305..f52c15c42 100644
--- a/packages/binding-file/src/file-client.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-file/src/file-client.ts
@@ -24,40 +24,48 @@ import path = require("path");
 
 const { debug, warn } = createLoggers("binding-file", "file-client");
 
+/**
+ * Used to determine the Content-Type of a file from the extension in its
+ * {@link filePath} if no explicit Content-Type is defined.
+ *
+ * @param filepath The file path the Content-Type is determined for.
+ * @returns An appropriate Content-Type or `application/octet-stream` as a fallback.
+ */
+function mapFileExtensionToContentType(filepath: string) {
+    const fileExtension = path.extname(filepath);
+    debug(`FileClient found '${fileExtension}' extension`);
+    switch (fileExtension) {
+        case ".txt":
+        case ".log":
+        case ".ini":
+        case ".cfg":
+            return "text/plain";
+        case ".json":
+            return "application/json";
+        case ".jsontd":
+            return "application/td+json";
+        case ".jsonld":
+            return "application/ld+json";
+        default:
+            warn(`FileClient cannot determine media type for path '${filepath}'`);
+            return "application/octet-stream";
+    }
+}
+
 export default class FileClient implements ProtocolClient {
     public toString(): string {
         return "[FileClient]";
     }
 
+    private async readFile(filepath: string, contentType?: string): Promise<Content> {
+        const resource = fs.createReadStream(filepath);
+        const resourceContentType = contentType ?? mapFileExtensionToContentType(filepath);
+        return new Content(resourceContentType, resource);
+    }
+
     public async readResource(form: Form): Promise<Content> {
-        const filepath = form.href.split("//");
-        const resource = fs.createReadStream(filepath[1]);
-        const extension = path.extname(filepath[1]);
-        debug(`FileClient found '${extension}' extension`);
-        let contentType;
-        if (form.contentType != null) {
-            contentType = form.contentType;
-        } else {
-            // *guess* contentType based on file extension
-            contentType = "application/octet-stream";
-            switch (extension) {
-                case ".txt":
-                case ".log":
-                case ".ini":
-                case ".cfg":
-                    contentType = "text/plain";
-                    break;
-                case ".json":
-                    contentType = "application/json";
-                    break;
-                case ".jsonld":
-                    contentType = "application/ld+json";
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    warn(`FileClient cannot determine media type of '${form.href}'`);
-            }
-        }
-        return new Content(contentType, resource);
+        const filepath = new URL(form.href).pathname;
+        return this.readFile(filepath, form.contentType);
     }
 
     public async writeResource(form: Form, content: Content): Promise<void> {
@@ -72,6 +80,13 @@ export default class FileClient implements ProtocolClient {
         throw new Error("FileClient does not implement unlink");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        return this.readFile(uri, "application/td+json");
+    }
+
     public async subscribeResource(
         form: Form,
         next: (value: Content) => void,
diff --git a/packages/binding-http/src/http-client-impl.ts b/packages/binding-http/src/http-client-impl.ts
index 24b1f9422..553d2af04 100644
--- a/packages/binding-http/src/http-client-impl.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-http/src/http-client-impl.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,18 @@ export default class HttpClient implements ProtocolClient {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        const headers: HeadersInit = {
+            Accept: "application/td+json",
+        };
+        const response = await fetch(uri, { headers });
+        const body = ProtocolHelpers.toNodeStream(response.body as Readable);
+        return new Content(response.headers.get("content-type") ?? "application/td+json", body);
+    }
+
     public async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
diff --git a/packages/binding-mbus/src/mbus-client.ts b/packages/binding-mbus/src/mbus-client.ts
index c412b399c..740940106 100644
--- a/packages/binding-mbus/src/mbus-client.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-mbus/src/mbus-client.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ export default class MBusClient implements ProtocolClient {
         throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented");
+    }
+
     async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
diff --git a/packages/binding-modbus/src/modbus-client.ts b/packages/binding-modbus/src/modbus-client.ts
index 076be25db..400c2d531 100644
--- a/packages/binding-modbus/src/modbus-client.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-modbus/src/modbus-client.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,13 @@ export default class ModbusClient implements ProtocolClient {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented");
+    }
+
     async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
diff --git a/packages/binding-mqtt/src/mqtt-client.ts b/packages/binding-mqtt/src/mqtt-client.ts
index 828f6b77f..a87f7c64e 100644
--- a/packages/binding-mqtt/src/mqtt-client.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-mqtt/src/mqtt-client.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,13 @@ export default class MqttClient implements ProtocolClient {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented");
+    }
+
     public async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
diff --git a/packages/binding-netconf/src/netconf-client.ts b/packages/binding-netconf/src/netconf-client.ts
index 97a564b74..872e2e90d 100644
--- a/packages/binding-netconf/src/netconf-client.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-netconf/src/netconf-client.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ export default class NetconfClient implements ProtocolClient {
         throw unimplementedError;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented");
+    }
+
     public async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
diff --git a/packages/binding-opcua/src/opcua-protocol-client.ts b/packages/binding-opcua/src/opcua-protocol-client.ts
index 2df14aa2a..85ac6813d 100644
--- a/packages/binding-opcua/src/opcua-protocol-client.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-opcua/src/opcua-protocol-client.ts
@@ -430,6 +430,13 @@ export class OPCUAProtocolClient implements ProtocolClient {
         });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented");
+    }
+
     start(): Promise<void> {
         debug("start: Sorry not implemented");
         throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
diff --git a/packages/binding-websockets/src/ws-client.ts b/packages/binding-websockets/src/ws-client.ts
index ade221fe9..3671ace3c 100644
--- a/packages/binding-websockets/src/ws-client.ts
+++ b/packages/binding-websockets/src/ws-client.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ export default class WebSocketClient implements ProtocolClient {
         throw new Error("Websocket client does not implement subscribeResource");
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented");
+    }
+
     public async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/protocol-interfaces.ts b/packages/core/src/protocol-interfaces.ts
index 768ed0870..44e41b007 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/protocol-interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/protocol-interfaces.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,16 @@ export interface ProtocolClient {
         complete?: () => void
     ): Promise<Subscription>;
 
+    /**
+     * Requests a single Thing Description from a given {@link uri}.
+     *
+     * The result is returned asynchronously as {@link Content}, which has to
+     * be deserialized and validated by the upper layers of the implementation.
+     *
+     * @param uri
+     */
+    requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content>;
+
     /** start the client (ensure it is ready to send requests) */
     start(): Promise<void>;
     /** stop the client */
diff --git a/packages/core/src/wot-impl.ts b/packages/core/src/wot-impl.ts
index 33f29a2e0..42ca61395 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/wot-impl.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/wot-impl.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import ExposedThing from "./exposed-thing";
 import ConsumedThing from "./consumed-thing";
 import Helpers from "./helpers";
 import { createLoggers } from "./logger";
+import ContentManager from "./content-serdes";
+import { ErrorObject } from "ajv";
 
 const { debug } = createLoggers("core", "wot-impl");
 
@@ -39,8 +41,21 @@ export default class WoTImpl {
         throw new Error("not implemented");
     }
 
+    /** @inheritDoc */
     async requestThingDescription(url: string): Promise<WoT.ThingDescription> {
-        throw new Error("not implemented");
+        const uriScheme = Helpers.extractScheme(url);
+        const client = this.srv.getClientFor(uriScheme);
+        const content = await client.requestThingDescription(url);
+        const value = ContentManager.contentToValue({ type: content.type, body: await content.toBuffer() }, {});
+
+        const isValidThingDescription = Helpers.tsSchemaValidator(value);
+
+        if (!isValidThingDescription) {
+            const errors = Helpers.tsSchemaValidator.errors?.map((o: ErrorObject) => o.message).join("\n");
+            throw new Error(errors);
+        }
+
+        return value as WoT.ThingDescription;
     }
 
     /** @inheritDoc */
diff --git a/packages/core/test/ClientTest.ts b/packages/core/test/ClientTest.ts
index 8c3ded6f6..3c1a2053f 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/ClientTest.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/ClientTest.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ class TDClient implements ProtocolClient {
         return new Subscription();
     }
 
+    async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
+    }
+
     public async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
@@ -230,6 +234,10 @@ class TrapClient implements ProtocolClient {
         return new Subscription();
     }
 
+    async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
+    }
+
     public async start(): Promise<void> {
         // do nothing
     }
@@ -293,6 +301,10 @@ class TestProtocolClient implements ProtocolClient {
         throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
     }
 
+    async requestThingDescription(uri: string): Promise<Content> {
+        throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
+    }
+
     async start(): Promise<void> {
         throw new Error("Method not implemented.");
     }