Based on today's call, the following is what I'm doing to finalize the metadata: 1. Have all jboss metadata extend the spec metadata 2. Remove the merged view accessor methods from the jboss metadata. The jboss metadata is the merged/superset view. 3. Create a merged utility package for creating a merged jboss view from a spec view and one or more jboss views. The output will be another jboss metadata instance. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4097047#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...