Hm. I found this tread about an API and it appears the current API is not mature. http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4160822#... I'm pleased to see that this is already being focused on. However, my question still is valid; I assume it is not valid to always use the latest version of a description, so how do I get to an instance with just using the id? Get a connection from hibernate and use the tables directly? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4188007#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...