Linda/Bill,
I apologize in advance if this query happens to be grossly ignorant of recent JSR developments. Some time ago, we briefly talked about a revision to the JTA spec. Is that still on the books for Java EE 7? The reason I ask is that some JTA related issues have come up recently such as the JTA transaction manager access portability as well as defining a custom CDI scope around JTA transactions (useful for JMS 2 in the immediate future and more widely for CDI transaction aware API integration in general).
Cheers,
Reza