It seems that 1.2.0 doesn't rely on the EntityResolve to resolve schema imports locally. Instead it tries to fetch them from a remote location. You probably experience these problems when running a) without an internet connection b) or firewall blocking those requests However, in order to fix it, you could turn any remote schema reference into local one. The files are located in the resource directory. Otherwise try running the samples with an internet connection. We will fix this for the next release. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4025696#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...