diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
index 8cde776532..cd4a65cde8 100644
--- a/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-2.0.xsd
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
 		</xsd:annotation>
 		<xsd:complexType>
 			<xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
-				<xsd:any processContents="strict" namespace="##other" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+				<xsd:any processContents="strict" namespace="##local" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
 				<xsd:element ref="poller" />
 			</xsd:choice>
 			<xsd:attributeGroup ref="inputOutputChannelGroup"/>
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@
 	
 	<xsd:complexType name="chain-type">
 		<xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
-			<xsd:any processContents="strict" namespace="##other" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+			<xsd:any processContents="strict" namespace="##local" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
 			
 			<xsd:element name="service-activator" type="expressionOrInnerEndpointDefinitionAware"/>					
 			<xsd:element name="splitter" type="expressionOrInnerEndpointDefinitionAware"/>					
@@ -981,6 +981,7 @@
 			<xsd:element name="object-to-string-transformer" type="specialized-transformer-type"/>
 			<xsd:element name="object-to-map-transformer" type="specialized-transformer-type"/>
 			<xsd:element name="map-to-object-transformer" type="map-to-object-transformer-type"/>
+			<xsd:element ref="beans:bean"/>
 						
 			<xsd:element name="chain" type="chain-type"/>
 		</xsd:choice>
@@ -1045,6 +1046,7 @@
 				</xsd:complexType>
 			</xsd:element>
 		</xsd:sequence>
+<!--		<xsd:attribute name="ref" type="xsd:string" />-->
         <xsd:attribute name="trigger" type="xsd:string">
             <xsd:annotation>
 				<xsd:appinfo>
@@ -1578,7 +1580,7 @@
 	
 	<xsd:complexType name="specialized-transformer-type">
 		<xsd:choice minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="unbounded">
-			<xsd:any processContents="strict" namespace="##other" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
+			<xsd:any processContents="strict" namespace="##local" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
 			<xsd:element ref="poller" />
 		</xsd:choice>
 	</xsd:complexType>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChainElementsFailureTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChainElementsFailureTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..673f34f08f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ChainElementsFailureTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.InputStreamResource;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
+ *
+ */
+public class ChainElementsFailureTests {
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainServiceActivator() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("service-activator");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainAggregator() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("aggregator");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainChain() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("chain");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainDelayer() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("delayer");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainFilter() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("filter");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainGateway() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("gateway");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainHeaderEnricher() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("header-enricher");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainHeaderFilter() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("header-filter");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainHeaderValueRouter() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("header-value-router");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainTransformer() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("transformer");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainRouter() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("router");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainSplitter() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("splitter");
+	}
+	
+	@Test(expected=XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void chainResequencer() throws Exception {
+		this.bootStrap("resequencer");
+	}
+
+	
+	private ApplicationContext bootStrap(String configProperty) throws Exception {
+		PropertiesFactoryBean pfb = new PropertiesFactoryBean();
+		pfb.setLocation(new ClassPathResource("org/springframework/integration/config/xml/chain-elements-config.properties"));
+		pfb.afterPropertiesSet();
+		Properties prop = pfb.getObject();
+		StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+		buffer.append(prop.getProperty("xmlheader")).append(prop.getProperty(configProperty)).append(prop.getProperty("xmlfooter"));
+		ByteArrayInputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(buffer.toString().getBytes());
+		GenericApplicationContext ac = new GenericApplicationContext();
+		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(ac);
+		reader.setValidationMode(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.VALIDATION_XSD);
+		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new InputStreamResource(stream));
+		ac.refresh();
+		return ac;
+	}
+	
+	public static class Sampleservice {
+		public String echo(String value){
+			return value;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/chain-elements-config.properties b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/chain-elements-config.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b134ea8c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/chain-elements-config.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+xmlheaders=\
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> \
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" \
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" \
+	xmlns:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration" \
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd \
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-2.0.xsd"> 
+xmlfooter= </beans>
+
+service-activator=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:service-activator input-channel="fail"> \
+			<bean class="org.springframework.integration.config.xml.ChainElementsFailureTests$Sampleservice"/> \
+		</int:service-activator> \
+	</int:chain> 
+	
+aggregator=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:aggregator input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain> 
+	
+chain=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:chain input-channel="fail"> \
+			<int:aggregator/> \
+		</int:chain> \
+	</int:chain> 
+	
+delayer=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:delayer default-delay="1000" input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain> 
+	
+filter=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:filter input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain> 
+	
+gateway=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:gateway input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain> 
+	
+header-enricher=\ 
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:header-enricher input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain>
+
+header-filter=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:header-filter input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain>
+	
+header-value-router=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:header-value-router input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain>
+
+transformer=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:transformer input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain>
+	
+router=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:router input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain>
+	
+splitter=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:splitter input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain>
+	
+resequencer=\
+	<int:chain input-channel="input"> \
+		<int:resequencer input-channel="fail"/> \
+	</int:chain>