diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParser.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParser.java
index 0c5e75581..a475ae384 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParser.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/JobParser.java
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ public class JobParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		}
 		builder.addPropertyReference("jobRepository", repositoryAttribute);
 
+		String restartableAttribute = element.getAttribute("restartable");
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(restartableAttribute)) {
+			builder.addPropertyValue("restartable", restartableAttribute);
+		}
+
 		FlowParser flowParser = new FlowParser();
 		AbstractBeanDefinition flowDef = flowParser.parse(element, parserContext, jobName);
 
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParser.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParser.java
index 8722e68da..f4b445796 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParser.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepParser.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.NamedNodeMap;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
 
 /**
  * Internal parser for the <step/> elements inside a job. A step element
@@ -198,10 +200,13 @@ public class StepParser {
 	protected RootBeanDefinition parseChunkOriented(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 
     	RootBeanDefinition bd;
+    	
+    	boolean isFaultTolerant = false;
 
 		String faultTolerant = element.getAttribute("fault-tolerant");
         if ("true".equals(faultTolerant)) {
         	bd = new RootBeanDefinition("org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.FaultTolerantStepFactoryBean", null, null);
+        	isFaultTolerant = true;
         }
         else {
         	bd = new RootBeanDefinition("org.springframework.batch.core.step.item.SimpleStepFactoryBean", null, null);
@@ -233,6 +238,25 @@ public class StepParser {
         RuntimeBeanReference tx = new RuntimeBeanReference(transactionManager);
         bd.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("transactionManager", tx);
 
+        String commitInterval = element.getAttribute("commit-interval");
+        if (StringUtils.hasText(commitInterval)) {
+            bd.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("commitInterval", commitInterval);
+        }
+
+        if (isFaultTolerant) {
+            String skipLimit = element.getAttribute("skip-limit");
+            if (StringUtils.hasText(skipLimit)) {
+                bd.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("skipLimit", skipLimit);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (isFaultTolerant) {
+            String retryLimit = element.getAttribute("retry-limit");
+            if (StringUtils.hasText(retryLimit)) {
+                bd.getPropertyValues().addPropertyValue("retryLimit", retryLimit);
+            }
+        }
+
         handleExceptionElement(element, bd, "skippable-exception-classes", "skippableExceptionClasses");
         
         handleExceptionElement(element, bd, "retryable-exception-classes", "retryableExceptionClasses");
@@ -276,7 +300,16 @@ public class StepParser {
 					String className = listenerElement.getAttribute("class");
 					if ((StringUtils.hasText(id) || StringUtils.hasText(className)) 
 							&& StringUtils.hasText(listenerRef)) {
-						throw new BeanCreationException("Both 'id' or 'ref' plus 'class' specified; use 'class' with an optional 'id' or just 'ref' for <" + listenerElement.getTagName() + "> element with" + (StringUtils.hasText(id) ? " id=\"" + id + "\"" : "" ) + (StringUtils.hasText(className) ? " class=\"" + className + "\"" : "") + (StringUtils.hasText(listenerRef) ? " ref=\"" + listenerRef + "\"" : ""));
+						NamedNodeMap attributeNodes = listenerElement.getAttributes();
+						StringBuilder attributes = new StringBuilder();
+						for (int i = 0; i < attributeNodes.getLength(); i++) {
+							if (i > 0) {
+								attributes.append(" ");
+							}
+							attributes.append(attributeNodes.item(i));
+						}
+						throw new BeanCreationException("Both 'id' or 'ref' plus 'class' specified; use 'class' with an optional 'id' or just 'ref' for <" + 
+								listenerElement.getTagName() + "> element with attributes: " + attributes);
 					}
 					if (StringUtils.hasText(listenerRef)) {
 						listenerRefs.add(listenerRef);
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.0.xsd b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
index a1dd9da03..1b86334a0 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/spring-batch-2.0.xsd
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@
 							</xsd:documentation>
 						</xsd:annotation>
 					</xsd:attribute>
+					<xsd:attribute name="restartable" type="xsd:boolean" default="false" use="optional">
+						<xsd:annotation>
+							<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+							Whether the job should be retartable or not in case of failure.
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+						</xsd:annotation>
+					</xsd:attribute>
 				</xsd:extension>
 			</xsd:complexContent>
 		</xsd:complexType>
@@ -194,6 +201,13 @@
 			<xsd:extension base="beans:identifiedType">
 				<xsd:attributeGroup ref="jobRepository"/>
 				<xsd:attributeGroup ref="transactionManager"/>
+				<xsd:attribute name="commit-interval" type="xsd:integer" use="optional">
+					<xsd:annotation>
+						<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+						The number of items that will be processed before commit is called for the transaction.
+						]]></xsd:documentation>
+					</xsd:annotation>
+				</xsd:attribute>
 			</xsd:extension>
 		</xsd:complexContent>
 	</xsd:complexType>
@@ -269,7 +283,14 @@
 						</xsd:simpleType>
 					</xsd:element>
 				</xsd:sequence>
-				<xsd:attribute name="fault-tolerant" type="xsd:boolean" default="false" use="optional"/>
+				<xsd:attribute name="fault-tolerant" type="xsd:boolean" default="false" use="optional">
+					<xsd:annotation>
+						<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+						Whether the step should provide fault tolerance with skip limit and skippable
+						exception handling.
+						]]></xsd:documentation>
+					</xsd:annotation>
+				</xsd:attribute>
 				<xsd:attribute name="reader" type="xsd:string" use="required">
 					<xsd:annotation>
 						<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
@@ -291,6 +312,20 @@
 						]]></xsd:documentation>
 					</xsd:annotation>
 				</xsd:attribute>
+				<xsd:attribute name="skip-limit" type="xsd:integer" use="optional">
+					<xsd:annotation>
+						<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+						The maximum number of items that will be allowed to be skipped.
+						]]></xsd:documentation>
+					</xsd:annotation>
+				</xsd:attribute>
+				<xsd:attribute name="retry-limit" type="xsd:integer" use="optional">
+					<xsd:annotation>
+						<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+						The maximum number of times the processing of an item will be retried.
+						]]></xsd:documentation>
+					</xsd:annotation>
+				</xsd:attribute>
 			</xsd:extension>
 		</xsd:complexContent>
 	</xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepWithChunkOrientedJobParserTests.java b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepWithChunkOrientedJobParserTests.java
index 6dcc71787..004d96911 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepWithChunkOrientedJobParserTests.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepWithChunkOrientedJobParserTests.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class StepWithChunkOrientedJobParserTests {
 
 	@Autowired
 	private JobRepository jobRepository;
-	
+		
 	@Autowired
 	private TestReader reader;
 	
diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepWithChunkOrientedJobParserTests-context.xml b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepWithChunkOrientedJobParserTests-context.xml
index 662599af5..196fe08cf 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepWithChunkOrientedJobParserTests-context.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/test/resources/org/springframework/batch/core/configuration/xml/StepWithChunkOrientedJobParserTests-context.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 	
 	<job id="job">
 		<step name="step1">
-			<chunk-oriented reader="reader" processor="processor" writer="writer">
+			<chunk-oriented reader="reader" processor="processor" writer="writer"
+					fault-tolerant="true" commit-interval="10" skip-limit="20" retry-limit="3">
 				<listeners>
 					<listener class="org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.xml.TestListener"/>
 					<listener ref="listener"/>