On the later question, yes. However, a conversation does have the concept of an intiator - the component that started the conversation. @Conversational components can declare that they are only allowed to take part in conversations that they initiate. Conversations can also have ids, so you can specify things like "the conversation for editing product 25" and be able to enter that conversation as needed. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3996310#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...