Hi all, as you maybe already have noticed, we do have now a first alpha release of the BV 1.1 reference implementation [1]. The alpha should implement all additions from the BV 1.1 early draft [2], so it's a great base for experimenting with the new features. This is the perfect time to get your hands dirty, give the new APIs a try (e.g. to integrate method validation with your preferred DI/AOP container, work with the extensions of the meta data API) and report back whether they work as expected, where you think we should improve/clarify things etc. Looking forward to your feedback, --Gunnar [1] http://in.relation.to/Bloggers/FirstAlphaReleaseOfHibernateValidator5 [2] http://beanvalidation.org/1.1/spec/