"scott.stark(a)jboss.org" wrote : Possibly, but my concern with this is its pushing too many management details to the bean developers. | On the contrary, keeping the two together is the only way it is going to remain in anyway in synch. I do see the need for being able to override what the bean developer thought (or didn't think) was a good idea. Or maybe just plain forgot, thus requiring retrofitting the description. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3972902#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...