I am fine the structure of the schema. The bizarre thing is how it is treated during unmarshalling. I am for ease of use too and clarity. But I don't know what "correct" is :) We need to set attributes on a node that don't belong to that node. Ok. What is confusing to me is why only on CDATA and not others? Especially in the way you just wrote the schema: the cdata is a node on the same level as other elements. Why the attribute is lost on others? All I want to know is whether there is any other reason than "I don't need it in my example"? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4134801#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...