The file encoding didn't work out that well since everything else broke ;-) Well, now the wsdl file is correctly UTF-8 encoded but the problem seems to be a JBossWS_remote._24540.xsd (schema validation?). The file has the original iso-8859-1 chars and no encoding info -> tilt. Is there any way of hinting the encoding for the .xsd? Sure, I could strip the entities from all non-utf chars but since they are quite central that would lead to refactoring everywhere so if there is I a workaround, I'm more than happy to listen. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4094354#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...