| 
 Final
Days of the JCP Survey are this week – your opinions
will help improve the JCP program to better meet the needs of Java
developers and organizations that depend on Java technology. To
thank you for your participation in this brief online survey, we
will enter your name in a drawing for a $500 cash prize. Go
to the study.
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 Preparations
for the 2004 Executive Committee (EC) Elections are underway; this
year the ratification ballot will be posted on 28 September, and
voting will begin October 5. The JSPA contact(s) for each JCP member
company or individual are eligible to vote and will be sent their
voting PIN via email on October 5. To confirm that we have the correct
JSPA contact within your company please send e-mail to admin@jcp.org.
Following the ratifications, nominations for the open elections
can be submitted. If you or your company is interested in joining
one of the ECs this is a good time to prepare your nomination. The
nomination template will become available from the voting web site
on 19 October at http://jcpelection2004.org.
Go to more
information on the Elections.
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Liz Kiener, JCP Program Manager, concluded her JCP training season
in Burlington, MA last week. During the session Liz presented JCP
PMO Achievement Certificates to JCP participants and program managers
who distinguished themselves through excellent work within the JCP
process procedures. Recipients include Carla Carlson, Karen
Schaffer, Barbara O'Connor and Craig Smithpeters.
Specification Leads who would like to present certificates to Expert
Group (EG) members, please contact liz@jcp.org.
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 The
JCP is participating at several Java User Group, developer and industry
events in the coming months. If you would like the JCP to participate
at an event you are organzing/attending, please send email to heather@jcp.org.
- The JCP sponsors BrasilOne
15-16 September 2004; JCP spec lead Mark Roth to speak on Enterprise
JavaBeans.
- The JCP sponsors JavaZone
2004 – the leading Java conference in Norway, Oslo on
15 September 2004
- Java Days Europe: The JCP program sponsors four-city European
tour of Java
LogOn Days in Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich and London 14-28 September.
Aaron Williams, JCP PMO Manager, will be keynote speaker for Munich,
Zurich
& London.
- 360Commerce
User Conference, CrossTalk Technology Summit in Retail, welcomes
Onno Kluyt for General Session in Austin 22 September.
For a full calendar of 2004 events, please see the
JCP Calendar.
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 The
Umbrella
JSR for J2SE 5.0, "Tiger" (JSR 176) has been approved
by the SE/EE EC. The following JSRs that fall under Tiger have also
passed their final approval ballot on 13 September.
- JSR
13, Decimal Arithmetic Enhancement
- JSR
14, Add Generic Types To The Java Programming Language
- JSR
133, Java Memory Model and Thread Specification Revision
- JSR
163, Java Platform Profiling Architecture
- JSR
166, Concurrency Utilities
- JSR
174, Monitoring and Management Specification for the Java
Virtual Machine
- JSR
175, A Metadata Facility for the Java Programming Language
- JSR
200, Network Transfer Format for Java Archives
- JSR
201, Extending the Java^TM Programming Language with Enumerations,
Autoboxing, Enhanced for loops and Static Import
- JSR
204, Unicode Supplementary Character Support
- JSR
206, Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.3
New JSR: JSR
252, JavaServer Faces 1.2. This JSR is an update
to the 1.1 version of the JavaServer Faces specification. Its scope
goes beyond a JCP maintenance release, but is short of a new feature
release.
New JSR: JSR
253, Mobile Telephony API (MTA), is now available
for review. This JSR creates a mobile telephony API and platform
definition which utilizes common telephony features and is small
and simple to suite to high volume devices with limited resources.
The review for this JSR closes on 20 September 2004.
The Expert Group for JSR
177, Security and Trust Services API for J2ME,
has completed its work and published the Final Release of the specification.
This specification provides J2ME applications with APIs for security
and trust services through the integration of a Security Element.
JSR
210, the OSS/J SQM API, is currently under
Early Draft Review stage and the RI for this API has started taking
shape. Mahindra British Telecom Ltd (MBT) and Watchmark-Comnitel
Inc are working together to demonstrate a "Service Assurance"
scenario using OSS/J SQM APIs. This Business Demonstration System
would "OSS/J enable” Watchmark Comnitel's Service Assure
(SA) product to integrate JSR 210 with OSS/J Trouble Ticketing (JSR
91) and IP Billing RIs ( JSR 130). The review for JSR 210 closes
24 September.
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Here is how to contact the Program Office:
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/proposal:
to submit proposals for new JSRs.
spec-submit@jcp.org:
to send in your draft and/or final specification documents
and related materials (as .pdf or Zip archive, please. Other
formats will not be posted).
admin@jcp.org: Expert Group
lists, in case you misplaced your Member access information.
pmo@jcp.org: to reach the
PMO.
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Join
the JCP program here.
Best regards,
Heather VanCura, Editor |
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