Its going to have to be both. Java modules/osgi bundle type of packages of classes/resources should be declaring their version and dependencies. Then there are the deployments with their metadata/descriptors that would also have dependencies as well as private classes/resources with either no export, or limited export of the deployment classes. Deployments are also what would be associated with a named profile like minimal, default, all. The standalone jars should just be part of the profile repository, either used or not depending on the named profile dependencies. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4177226#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...