diff --git a/feds/common_beans.xml b/feds/common_beans.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..586c2f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/feds/common_beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    Common bean definitions.
+-->
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">
+
+    <!--
+        parserPool
+        
+        A pre-configured parser pool for use by source stages.
+    -->
+    <bean id="parserPool" class="org.opensaml.util.xml.BasicParserPool" init-method="initialize">
+        <property name="ignoreComments" value="false"/>
+        <property name="ignoreElementContentWhitespace" value="false"/>
+    </bean>
+    
+    <!--
+        commonNamespaces
+        
+        A map that assigns the usual prefix for each of the commonly used XML namespaces.
+        This is used in the evaluation of XPath expressions.
+    -->
+    <util:map id="commonNamespaces" map-class="java.util.HashMap">
+        <entry key="ds"         value="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"/>
+        <entry key="elab"       value="http://eduserv.org.uk/labels"/>
+        <entry key="idpdisc"    value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:profiles:SSO:idp-discovery-protocol"/>
+        <entry key="init"       value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:profiles:SSO:request-init"/>
+        <entry key="md"         value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"/>
+        <entry key="mdrpi"      value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:rpi"/>
+        <entry key="mdui"       value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:ui"/>
+        <entry key="saml"       value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion"/>
+        <entry key="shibmd"     value="urn:mace:shibboleth:metadata:1.0"/>
+        <entry key="ukfedlabel" value="http://ukfederation.org.uk/2006/11/label"/>
+        <entry key="wayf"       value="http://sdss.ac.uk/2006/06/WAYF"/>
+        <entry key="xenc"       value="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#"/>
+        <entry key="xsi"        value="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
+        <entry key="xsl"        value="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"/>
+    </util:map>
+
+    <!--
+        schemaResources
+        
+        A list of all schema documents that we make common use of.
+    -->
+    <util:list id="schemaResources">
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/saml-metadata-rpi-v1.0-wd05.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/saml-schema-assertion-2.0.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/saml-schema-metadata-2.0.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/shibboleth-metadata-1.0.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-metadata-attr.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-request-initiation.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-idp-discovery.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-metadata-algsupport-v1.0.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-metadata-ui-v1.0.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-schema-assertion-2.0.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-schema-metadata-2.0.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/uk-fed-label.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/ukfederation-members.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/xenc-schema.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/xml.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
+            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/xmldsig-core-schema.xsd"/>
+        </bean>
+    </util:list>
+    
+    <!--
+        checkSchemas
+        
+        A pipeline stage that checks against all the common schemas, as above, and then announces
+        and filters any errors encountered.
+    -->
+    <bean id="checkSchemas" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.stage.XMLSchemaValidationStage">
+        <property name="id" value="checkSchemas"/>
+        <property name="schemaResources" ref="schemaResources"/>
+        <property name="postProcessFilter">
+            <bean class="uk.org.ukfederation.mda.ErrorAnnouncingFilteringStrategy"/>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
+    <!--
+        <bean id="members" class="uk.org.ukfederation.members.Members">
+            <constructor-arg>
+                <bean class="java.io.File">
+                    <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/members.xml"/>
+                </bean>
+            </constructor-arg>
+        </bean>
+    -->
+        
+</beans>
diff --git a/feds/edugain/import.xml b/feds/edugain/import.xml
index b7c72a77..82a09412 100644
--- a/feds/edugain/import.xml
+++ b/feds/edugain/import.xml
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">
     
+    <!--
+        Import commonly used beans.
+    -->
+    <import resource="../common_beans.xml"/>
+    
     <bean id="fetchEduGainExportAggregate" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.stage.DomHttpSourceStage">
         <property name="id" value="fetchEduGainExportAggregate"/>
-        <property name="parserPool">
-            <bean class="org.opensaml.util.xml.BasicParserPool" init-method="initialize">
-                <property name="ignoreComments" value="false"/>
-            </bean>
-        </property>
+        <property name="parserPool" ref="parserPool"/>
         <property name="sourceUrl" value="http://mds.edugain.org"/>
     </bean>
     
@@ -42,72 +43,6 @@
         <property name="id" value="disassemble"/>
     </bean>
     
-    <util:list id="schemaResources">
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <!-- no dependencies -->
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/xml.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <!-- no dependencies -->
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/xmldsig-core-schema.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <!-- dependency on xmldsig-core-schema -->
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/xenc-schema.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <!-- dependencies on xmldsig-core-schema, xenc-schema -->
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/saml-schema-assertion-2.0.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <!-- dependencies on xmldsig-core-schema, xenc-schema, saml-schema-assertion-2.0, xml -->
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/saml-schema-metadata-2.0.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <!-- dependencies on xml, saml-schema-metadata-2.0 -->
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/saml-metadata-rpi-v1.0-wd05.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/shibboleth-metadata-1.0.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-metadata-attr.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-request-initiation.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-idp-discovery.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-metadata-algsupport-v1.0.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-metadata-ui-v1.0.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/uk-fed-label.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <!--
-            These appear to be redundant duplicates...
-            
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-schema-assertion-2.0.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        <bean class="org.opensaml.util.resource.FilesystemResource">
-            <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/sstc-saml-schema-metadata-2.0.xsd"/>
-        </bean>
-        -->
-    </util:list>
-    
-    <bean id="checkSchemas" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.stage.XMLSchemaValidationStage">
-        <property name="id" value="checkSchemas"/>
-        <property name="schemaResources" ref="schemaResources"/>
-        <property name="postProcessFilter">
-            <bean class="uk.org.ukfederation.mda.ErrorAnnouncingFilteringStrategy"/>
-        </property>
-    </bean>
-    
     <bean id="assemble" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.saml.EntitiesDescriptorAssemblerStage">
         <property name="id" value="assemble"/>
     </bean>
@@ -125,6 +60,6 @@
         </property>
     </bean>
     
-    <bean id="serializer" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.DomMetadataSerializer" />
+    <bean id="serializer" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.DomMetadataSerializer"/>
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/feds/edugate/import.xml b/feds/edugate/import.xml
index cded2e9a..219591d8 100644
--- a/feds/edugate/import.xml
+++ b/feds/edugate/import.xml
@@ -5,18 +5,18 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd"> 
 
+    <!--
+        Import commonly used beans.
+    -->
+    <import resource="../common_beans.xml"/>
+        
     <!--
         Fetch the Edugate metadata aggregate.  For the moment, use the production aggregate in lieu
         of a designated export aggregate.
     -->
     <bean id="fetchEdugateExportAggregate" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.stage.DomHttpSourceStage">
         <property name="id" value="fetchEdugateExportAggregate"/>
-        <property name="parserPool">
-            <bean class="org.opensaml.util.xml.BasicParserPool" init-method="initialize">
-                <property name="ignoreComments" value="false"/>
-                <property name="ignoreElementContentWhitespace" value="false"/>
-            </bean>
-        </property>
+        <property name="parserPool" ref="parserPool"/>
         <property name="sourceUrl" value="https://edugate.heanet.ie/edugate-metadata-signed.xml"/>        
     </bean>
     
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <bean id="edugateSigningCertificate" class="net.shibboleth.ext.spring.factory.X509CertificateFactoryBean">
         <property name="certificateFile">
             <bean class="java.io.File">
-                <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/feds/edugate/edugate-signer.crt"/>
+                <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/feds/edugate/metadata-signer.crt"/>
             </bean>
         </property>
     </bean>
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
     <bean id="checkEdugateSignature" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.stage.XMLSignatureValidationStage">
         <property name="id" value="checkEdugateSignature"/>
         <property name="verificationCertificate" ref="edugateSigningCertificate"/>
+        <property name="postProcessFilter">
+            <bean class="uk.org.ukfederation.mda.ErrorAnnouncingFilteringStrategy"/>
+        </property>
     </bean>
     
     <bean id="disassemble" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.saml.EntitiesDescriptorDisassemblerStage">
@@ -51,11 +54,12 @@
                 <ref bean="fetchEdugateExportAggregate"/>
                 <ref bean="checkEdugateSignature"/>
                 <ref bean="disassemble"/>
+                <ref bean="checkSchemas"/>
                 <ref bean="assemble"/>
             </list>
         </property>
     </bean>
     
-    <bean id="serializer" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.DomMetadataSerializer" />
+    <bean id="serializer" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.DomMetadataSerializer"/>
 
 </beans>
diff --git a/feds/uk/collect.xml b/feds/uk/collect.xml
index fdbd6763..1632e0ec 100644
--- a/feds/uk/collect.xml
+++ b/feds/uk/collect.xml
@@ -9,23 +9,11 @@
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">
 
-    <util:map id="commonNamespaces" map-class="java.util.HashMap">
-        <entry key="ds"         value="http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#"/>
-        <entry key="elab"       value="http://eduserv.org.uk/labels"/>
-        <entry key="idpdisc"    value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:profiles:SSO:idp-discovery-protocol"/>
-        <entry key="init"       value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:profiles:SSO:request-init"/>
-        <entry key="md"         value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"/>
-        <entry key="mdrpi"      value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:rpi"/>
-        <entry key="mdui"       value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:ui"/>
-        <entry key="saml"       value="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion"/>
-        <entry key="shibmd"     value="urn:mace:shibboleth:metadata:1.0"/>
-        <entry key="ukfedlabel" value="http://ukfederation.org.uk/2006/11/label"/>
-        <entry key="wayf"       value="http://sdss.ac.uk/2006/06/WAYF"/>
-        <entry key="xenc"       value="http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#"/>
-        <entry key="xsi"        value="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"/>
-        <entry key="xsl"        value="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"/>
-    </util:map>
-
+    <!--
+        Import commonly used beans.
+    -->
+    <import resource="../common_beans.xml"/>
+    
     <bean id="filterDeletedEntities" class="uk.org.ukfederation.mda.XPathFilteringStrategy">
         <constructor-arg name="expression" value="//ukfedlabel:DeletedEntity"/>
         <constructor-arg name="prefixMappings" ref="commonNamespaces"/>
@@ -33,12 +21,7 @@
     
     <bean id="fetchUkFragmentFiles" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.stage.DomFilesystemSourceStage">
         <property name="id" value="fetchUkFragmentFiles"/>
-        <property name="parserPool">
-            <bean class="org.opensaml.util.xml.BasicParserPool" init-method="initialize">
-                <property name="ignoreComments" value="false"/>
-                <property name="ignoreElementContentWhitespace" value="false"/>
-            </bean>
-        </property>
+        <property name="parserPool" ref="parserPool"/>
         <property name="source">
             <bean class="java.io.File">
                 <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/entities"/>
@@ -52,16 +35,6 @@
         <property name="postProcessFilter" ref="filterDeletedEntities"/>
     </bean>
     
-    <!--
-    <bean id="members" class="uk.org.ukfederation.members.Members">
-        <constructor-arg>
-            <bean class="java.io.File">
-                <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/xml/members.xml"/>
-            </bean>
-        </constructor-arg>
-    </bean>
-    -->
-
     <bean id="assemble" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.saml.EntitiesDescriptorAssemblerStage">
         <property name="id" value="assemble"/>
     </bean>
@@ -71,11 +44,12 @@
         <property name="stages">
             <list>
                 <ref bean="fetchUkFragmentFiles"/>
+                <ref bean="checkSchemas"/>
                 <ref bean="assemble"/>
             </list>
         </property>
     </bean>
     
-    <bean id="serializer" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.DomMetadataSerializer" />
+    <bean id="serializer" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.DomMetadataSerializer"/>
 
 </beans>