Cross project mappings

Hello all, I have, probably a configuration, but I see it as a mapping question.
I have two mapping workbench perfects Bank and Cash. The Bank project maps, among other things, a BankAccount object. In the Cash project, I need to map a CashDeposit object, that has a BankAccount object in it. I have these as separate work bench projects because they represent separate schemas and separate initiatives.
How do I tell the Cash project to look the Bank project for descriptors on how to build the child BankAccount object?
Thanks,
Jay

James,
Thanks for the information. I did as you suggested, and deactivated the BankAccount Descriptor. When I do so, I get an error in the objects that use BankAccount: "bankAccount References BankAccount which is not active"
With this error I will not be able export my deployment descriptor, correct? If I activate the descriptor, then I have to fully map it, or it errors, which I do not want to do in this project.
Also, yes you are correct, both descriptors will be in the same sessions.xml when it is a running application.

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