HTTP Status 500 - type Exception report message description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:512) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:377) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) org.ajaxanywhere.AAFilter.doFilter(AAFilter.java:46) org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:362) root cause org.apache.jasper.JasperException: The absolute uri: http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core cannot be resolved in either web.xml or the jar files deployed with this application org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.jspError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:50) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.dispatch(ErrorDispatcher.java:407) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.jspError(ErrorDispatcher.java:114) org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.generateTLDLocation(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:316) org.apache.jasper.compiler.TagLibraryInfoImpl.(TagLibraryInfoImpl.java:147) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseTaglibDirective(Parser.java:423) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseDirective(Parser.java:492) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parseElements(Parser.java:1556) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.parse(Parser.java:126) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.doParse(ParserController.java:211) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ParserController.parse(ParserController.java:100) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateJava(Compiler.java:155) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:295) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:276) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:264) org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:563) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:305) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:314) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:264) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) org.ajaxanywhere.AAFilter.doFilter(AAFilter.java:46) org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:362) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/5.5.20 logs. Apache Tomcat/5.5.20