Hello, I'm using aries-jpa 0.3 with service mix. If I use a persistence.xml where the elements are prefixed by a namespace as in: <pers:persistence xmlns:pers="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd<http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence%20http:/java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_1_0.xsd>" version="1.0">
<pers:persistence-unit name="alpha"> <pers:properties> <pers:property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="alpha.db.class"/> <pers:property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:alpha:url"/> <pers:property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="alan"/> <pers:property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="4l4n"/> </pers:properties> </pers:persistence-unit> </pers:persistence> It is rejected by the PersistenceDescriptorParser, AFAIK using a prefix is valid and should be accepted. If it is indeed a bug and not 'works as intended' I believe it can easily be fixed by making the parser namespace-aware. I can send you a patch with tests if you are interested. Cheers, Johan Huylebroeck http://www.i8c.be/integr8-consulting