Developing Specifications - Jakarta EE: a Real World Example

You will see how the Eclipse Foundation facilitates standardization efforts by looking at how the Jakarta EE specifications are developed under the Jakarta EE Working Group hosted at Eclipse Foundation.

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1. Ivar Grimstad
 Jakarta EE Developer Advocate Eclipse Foundation Developing Speci fi cations Jakarta EE - A Real World Example
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3. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) • Jakarta EE • Developing Speci fi cations • Licenses • Open Source and YOU
4. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta EE
5. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) 2024/5 1998 2006 2017 2020 1995 1999 Open Source javax.* -> jakarta.*
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8. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Runtime Application APIs Use Implement
9. RESTful Web Services 4.0 JSON Processing 2.1 JSON Binding 3.0 Annotations 3.0 CDI Lite 4.1 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.1 Pages 4.0 Expression Language 6.0 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.0 Faces 4.1 WebSocket 2.2 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.0 Persistence 3.2 Transactions 2.0 CDI 4.1 Authentication 3.1 Concurrency 3.1 Security 4.0 Validation 3.1 Data 1.0 Authorization 3.0 Activation 2.1 Batch 2.1 Connectors 2.1 Mail 2.1 Messaging 3.1 Enterprise Beans 4.0 Jakarta EE 11 Platform Jakarta EE 11 Web Pro fi Updated Not Updated New
10. Authorization 2.1* Activation 2.1 Batch 2.2 Connectors 2.2 Mail 2.1 Messaging 3.1 Enterprise Beans 4.1 RESTful Web Services 5.0 JSON Processing 2.2 JSON Binding 3.1 Annotations 3.1 CDI Lite 5.0 Interceptors 2.2 Dependency Injection 2.0 Servlet 6.2 Pages 4.1 Expression Language 6.1 Debugging Support 2.0 Standard Tag Libraries 3.1 Faces 5.0 WebSocket 2.3 Enterprise Beans Lite 4.1 Persistence 4.0 Transactions 2.1 CDI 5.0 Authentication 3.0* Concurrency 3.2 Security 5.0 Validation 4.0 Jakarta EE 12 Platform Updated Not Updated New Data 1.1 Query 1.0 MVC NoSQL Subject to Change
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12. AI Application
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15. Open AI Application +
16. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Developing Speci fi cations
17. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Speci fi Speci fi cation Document API TCK Final Speci fi cation Compatible Implementation(s)
18. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Eclipse Foundation Speci fi cation Process (EFSP)
19. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Jakarta EE Speci fi cation Process (JESP)
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21. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Assess Community and Membership Response
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23. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Approve Release Plan Start Release Cycle
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25. COPYRIGHT (C) 2025, ECLIPSE FOUNDATION, INC. | THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL LICENSE (CC BY 4.0) Summarise Accomplishments
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