STE as Data Contract?

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Is there any way to share self tracking entities with client tier(from server tier which is WCF) like Data Contract.
I mean, do not include any assembly with STE to client, just get them from server e.g.

If "DAL" is the service reference, I want some like:

DAL.SomeEntity = new DAL.SomeEntity();
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Ladislav Mrnka On BEST ANSWER

Self tracking entities must be shared with client in form of code or assembly. That is the main requirement to use them because they are not just a contract they also contain logic responsible for change tracking and this logic cannot be shared with the client in any other form.