found the solution to this by adding the spring dtd entry to the xmlresolver-service.xml file in jboss_home/server/deploy as such: ..... -//SPRING//DTD\ BEAN//EN=org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/spring-beans.dtd .... Also ran into similar issues with tiles in struts 1.2 offline (not finding dtd), even when adding the dtd to the xmlresolver, but after upgrading to struts 1.3.5, the problem went away, and the app loads fine offline. cheers View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3986715#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...