1. A method, in a data processing hardware system, for managing Web services deployment descriptors, the method comprising: parsing, with a parser, a deployment descriptor document to identify at least one data fragment; providing a user interface component; providing an adapter, wherein the adapter is associated with the user interface component and the data fragment; updating the data fragment in response to the adapter being notified of a change to the associated user interface component; and updating the associated user interface component in response to the adapter being notified of a change to the associated data fragment.