according to the JSP specs, the shortname element is NOT optional, so Orion is right in complaining. From the spec, 5.3.5: <!ELEMENT taglib (tlibversion, jspversion?, shortname, uri?, info?, tag+) > -----Original Message----- From: Guilherme Ceschiatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Orion-Interest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Montag, 31. Juli 2000 09:18 Subject: Re: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: shortname notspecified in TLD >Thank you very much! It worked. But it's strange because the Sun J2EE do >not need >the <shortname> description. > >Lorin Kobashigawa wrote: >> >> What does your taglibrary's descriptor file look like? It looks like you >> are missing a <shortname> description in your .tld file. >> >> The top of it should look something like... >> >> <taglib> >> <tlibversion>1.0</tlibversion> >> <jspversion>1.1</tlibversion> >> <shortname>something</shortname> >> <uri>Unique identifier</shortname> >> <info>a description of the tag library</info> >> >> <tag> >> etc... >> >> -Lkb >>