[ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPM-72?page=comments#action_12367825 ] Ronald van Kuijk commented on JBPM-72: -------------------------------------- 1: <variable name="bla" type="string" /> would only have runtime checking , as would 2: <variable name="bla" type="string" value="blaValue"/> What we could do is something like 3: <variable name="bla"> <string>a string</string> </variable> and have elements for all default supported types. This can be checked design-time as long as there are corresponding XSD types. One other option is to extend the eclipse xml validator and make it aware of format #2 and check those... 3 would imo have the least impact -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira