Would it be used if it did? Would it make more sense to add xml-apis dependency to xercesImpl instead? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4141271#4141271 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4141271