Welcome to jcp.org, home of the Java Community ProcessSM (JCPSM) Program. The JCP is the mechanism for developing standard technical specifications for Java technology.
Anyone can register for the site and participate in reviewing and providing feedback for the Java Specification Requests (JSRs), and anyone can sign up to become a JCP Member and then participate on the Expert Group of a JSR or even submit their own JSR Proposals.
To get the most out of the site, register now.
For more information about the JCP Program, refer to our overview page.
The 2018 JCP Annual Awards nominees are announced.
Congratulations to all the nominees! The winners will be announced at the Annual JCP Community Party on
22 October!
2018 JCP EC Election has started with open nominations!
If you are a Full or Partner Member and interested in participating in the JCP EC,
submit your materials. Check your inbox for instructions on how to submit your nomination materials.
Please join us at Oracle Code One in October! Our schedule is posted.
The 2018 JCP annual awards nomination form is closed. Thank you for all the nominations.
The winners will be announced at the annual JCP party at Oracle Code One!
The recording of the June 2018 JCP Public EC Meeting is published.
Congratulations to Dmitry Kornilov for
being selected as the 2017 JCP Annual Star Spec Lead!
Take a look at the 15th JCP Annual Awards page to find out the winners!
The JCP Program Office and Executive Committee (EC) are excited to announce the release of JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership! With this release, the JCP Process Document is upgraded to version 2.10 from version 2.9.
A significant change in this JSR is the introduction of new levels of Membership - Full Membership, Partner Membership, and Associate Membership. For more information about the Memberships the JCP offers, please see the JCP Participation Overview page and check the flowchart list to see which Membership applies to you.
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JSR Updates

New JSRs
Early Draft Reviews
JSR 282, Real-Time Specification for Java
JSR 302, Safety Critical Java Technology
JSR 378, Portlet 3.0 Bridge Specification for JSF 2.2
JSR 381, Visual Recognition Specification
JSR 385, Units of Measurement API 2.0
JSR 386, Java SE 12
JSR 387, Streamline the JCP Program
Public Reviews
Proposed Final Drafts
Final Releases
JSR 365, Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java 2.0
JSR 383, Java SE 10 (18.3)
JSR 384, Java SE 11 (18.9)
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Maintenance Reviews
JSR 269, Pluggable Annotation Processing API
Maintenance Releases
JSR 56, Java Network Launching Protocol and API
JSR 67, Java APIs for XML Messaging
JSR 199, Java Compiler API
JSR 221, JDBC
JSR 222, Java Architecture for XML Binding
JSR 224, Java API for XML-Based Web Services
JSR 269 Pluggable Annotation Processing
JSR 318, Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1 (Interceptors 1.2)
JSR 338, Java Persistence 2.2
JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership
JSR 907, Java Transaction API
JSR 919, JavaMail
JSR 925, JavaBeans Activation Framework
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The Program Management Office is completing the individual JCP Membership renewal process now. The individual JCP Membership of those who have not responded will be canceled.


JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership, has posted a Proposed Final Draft.
JSR 358, A major revision of the Java Community Process, also continues development in parallel.
JSR 355, JCP Executive Committee Merge, completed its work and went final on 22 August 2012.
JSR 355 Final Release delivered the current version of the JCP -- published as the JCP Process Document (version 2.9) and the EC Standing Rules (version 2.2).
Read JCP.next: Where Are We and How Are We Doing? to learn more about JCP.next.
There is a transparency sub-project introduced as part of the Adopt-a-JSR program. We need JUGs or individuals to do transparency checks or audits on JSRs.
The latest EC meeting summaries have been posted.
Following the upgrade to the JCP 2.8 Program, the Program Office has made available the following materials for Spec Leads on the Multimedia page of jcp.org:
- Adopt-a-JSR for Spec Leads (February 2013 call)
- JCP 2.9 and Transparency (November 2012 call)
- Meet the Candidates (October 2012 call)
- Expert Group Nominations (June 2012 call)
- Leveraging the JCP Community (February 2012 call)
- Transparency (December 2011 call)
- JCP 2.8 Overview (October 2011 call)
The Java Community Process (JCP) program has seen a dramatic rise in worldwide participation. Read more here...
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