June	2006

Contents

Recent News

4th Annual Award Winners & New Star Spec Leads Announced

June Upcoming Events

Transparent JSR Development

JCP Program Office Summer Holiday

Noteworthy JSRs

Contact Information

Find out more about the latest happenings and announcements in the JCP program by visiting the front page of jcp.org. Some recent JCP-related news items are listed below.

• Onno Blog-Individuals and the JCP
• Should More Individuals Join the JCP?
• Open-Sourcing Java: "Not a Question of Whether, But of How"
• Sun Embraces Linux with New Java License
• JSF and JSP: What's New in Java EE 5
• Bringing Mobility to the Table
• Unscripted Chat with 'The Father of Java' (ABC News)
• FROX communication Joins the OSS through Java™ Initiative (OSS/J)
• The OSS through Java™ Initiative (OSS/J) joins
  the TeleManagement Forum™

During the JavaOne Conference, the fourth annual JCP Program Awards were presented; and the winners are:

• Member of the Year: Sony Ericsson
• Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition:
  Linda DeMichiel
  
• Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java Micro Edition: Asko Komsi and Mark Duesner
  
• Most Innovative JSR for Java Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition: JSR 292, Supporting Dynamically Typed Languages on the Java Platform
• Most Innovative JSR for Java Micro Edition: JSR 272, Mobile Broadcast Service API for Handheld Terminals
  Read about the winners.

The JCP PMO also announced the community's newest star Spec Leads during the week: Ed Burns (Sun), Jose Cronembold (Oracle) and Asko Komsi (Nokia). Read more about them.
 
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• NL-JUG J-Spring 2006
  On 15 June, J-Spring, the first conference of the year of the NL-JUG will be organized. The theme of this conference will be “New and Notorious or a proven case?". The conference will be taking place at de Reehorst, Ede, Netherlands. To sign up go to J-Spring.
  
  
• 2006 Italian Java Conference Max Lanfranconi, JCP Program Marketing Manager, will present two sessions at the upcoming Italian Java Conference in Rome and Milan on 26, 28 June. The Italian Java Conference gathers every year more than 2,000 Java developers and it is one of the key developers events for the Italian Market. Details here.
  
  
• JCP Program Training & Javaday in Versailles A JCP Program training session will be held on 29 June at the Palais des Congrès de Versailles in France during the Java developers event, Javaday 2006, where JSR Program Manager, Liz Kiener, will also present on the JCP program. Training information.
  
  
• TSSJS-Europe in Barcelona Participate in panels, get your questions answered, find out about the latest developments and newest releases, network with your peers, and rub elbows with the leaders of the industry. Make your voice heard during the JCP Open Mic Panel. Onno Kluyt, Sr Director and Chair of the JCP Program, will lead a discussion to get an exclusive preview of where the Java platform is headed, and hear about developments in JSRs.

Both aspects are addressed by the Spec Lead and Expert Group of JSR 264, Order Management API. To keep the later customers of the API informed, the expert group has setup an extensive website. There, users can take a look at the team members, study the past and future of the scheduled release, download the latest work in progress and subscribe to a rss feed for the latest announcements. Additionally members of the expert group are present at major events like JavaOne or the TeleManagement World. A mailing list is setup to enable discussion among the users of the API and regular reviews of the specification (the API is currently under public review) enables everybody to give feedback to the experts.

You can download the Public Review Draft of JSR 264 and post your comments to the expert group before June 11th!
 
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Did you know that the PMO offers Public Relations support to spec leads? The JCP conducts outreach to the press with JSR news on an ongoing bi-weekly basis. If would like to highlight your JSR, please contact Corina Ulescu at corina@jcp.org.

• JSR 300, DRM API for JavaTM ME, has been submitted for review. This specification will define an optional package for developing Java ME applications which utilize or interoperate with DRM agents that separately exist in handheld devices.
• JSR 299, Web Beans, has been approved for development. The purpose of this specification is to unify the JSF managed bean component model with the EJB component model, resulting in a significantly simplified programming model for web-based applications.
• JSR 298, Telematics API for JavaTM ME, has not been approved for development by the ME EC. This JSR would seek to define the API set for Telematics services on embedded devices.
• JSR 297, Mobile 3D Graphics API 2.0, has been approved for development. This JSR proposes language extensions in support of information hiding and separate compilation.
• JSR 261, JavaTM API for XML Web Services Addressing (JAX-WSA), is now open for Early Draft Review. This review closes on 10 June.
• JSR 262, Web Services Connector for Java Management Extensions (JMX), is now open for Early Draft Review. This review closes on 17 June.
• JSR 264, Order Management API, is now open for Early Draft Review. This review closes on 12 June.
• JSR 278, Resource Management API, is now open for Early Draft Review. This review closes on 11 June.
• JSR 280, XML API for Java ME, is now open for Early Draft Review. This review closes on 11 June.
• JSR 279, Service Connection API for Java ME, is now open for Early Draft Review. This review closes on 15 June.
• JSR 225, XQuery API for Java (XQJ), is now open for Early Draft Review. This review closes on 11 July.
• JSR 232, Mobile Operational Management, is now open for Public Review. This review closes on 12 June.
• JSR 269, Pluggable Annotation Processing API, is now open for Public Review. This review closes on 19 June.
• JSR 248, Mobile Service Architecture, has published a Proposed Final Draft.

Extra! The JCP program sets a new trend in fashion industry! Show your pride and support for the JSRs you care about – you can now order and wear a T-shirt that shows your support for any specific JSR. More information: http://cafepress.com/jcporg

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