There is no WEB-INF directory of a application, by which i think you mean a ear file based application.
The following is the structure
Ear Application
--META-INF
---- application.xml
--WebApplication
---- WEB-INF
------web.xml
------classes
------lib
--EJB jars
when you say "/" it always refers to for example
\Ear Application\WebApplication in a
jsp page.
[ July 09, 2002: Message edited by: Rahul Mahindrakar ]