Oracle SOA 12c. ANT Scripts to compile and package SOA composites

When deploying SOA composites using ANT deployment scripts, if you are getting error

MDS-00503: The metadata path "{0}" does not contain any valid directories.

To fix this issue, please change the elements in the adf-config.xml 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252" ?>
<adf-config xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/config" xmlns:adf="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/config/properties"
            xmlns:sec="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/security/config">
  <adf:adf-properties-child xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/config/properties">
    <adf-property name="adfAppUID" value="KafkaLogging-1314"/>
  </adf:adf-properties-child>
  <sec:adf-security-child xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/security/config">
    <CredentialStoreContext credentialStoreClass="oracle.adf.share.security.providers.jps.CSFCredentialStore"
                            credentialStoreLocation="../../src/META-INF/jps-config.xml"/>
  </sec:adf-security-child>
  <adf-mds-config xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/adf/mds/config">
    <mds-config xmlns="http://xmlns.oracle.com/mds/config">
      <persistence-config>
        <metadata-namespaces>
          <namespace path="/apps" metadata-store-usage="mstore-usage_2"/>
          <namespace path="/soa/shared" metadata-store-usage="mstore-usage_3"/>
        </metadata-namespaces>
        <metadata-store-usages>
          <metadata-store-usage id="mstore-usage_2">
            <metadata-store class-name="oracle.mds.persistence.stores.file.FileMetadataStore">
              <property name="metadata-path" value="C:/LocalMDS"/>
            </metadata-store>
          </metadata-store-usage>
          <metadata-store-usage id="mstore-usage_3">
            <metadata-store class-name="oracle.mds.persistence.stores.file.FileMetadataStore">
              <property name="partition-name" value="seed"/>
              <property name="metadata-path" value="C:/Oracle12-2-1-3/Middleware/Oracle_Home/soa/integration"/> 
            </metadata-store>
          </metadata-store-usage>
        </metadata-store-usages>
      </persistence-config>
    </mds-config>
  </adf-mds-config>
</adf-config>

C:/Oracle12-2-1-3/Middleware/Oracle_Home/soa/integration is the location of the integration directory inside JDEveloper 12c

LocalMDS: is the local MDS