Category Archives: Jakarta EE

Specification Scope in Jakarta EE

Posted on April 8, 2019 by waynebeaton

With the Eclipse Foundation Specification Process (EFSP) a single open source specification project has a dedicated project team of committers to create and maintain one or more specifications. The cycle of creation and maintenance extends across multiple versions of the … Continue reading →

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Renaming Java EE Specifications for Jakarta EE

Posted on April 4, 2019 by waynebeaton

It’s time to change the specification names… When we first moved the APIs and TCKs for the Java EE specifications over to the Eclipse Foundation under the Jakarta EE banner, we kept the existing names for the specifications in place, … Continue reading →

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EFSP: The Specification Committee Votes

Posted on January 21, 2019 by waynebeaton

One key difference between Eclipse open source software projects as defined by the Eclipse Development Process (EDP), and open source specification projects as defined by the Eclipse Foundation Specification Process (EFSP) is that specification projects must be aligned with exactly … Continue reading →

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EFSP: Creation

Posted on November 28, 2018 by waynebeaton

The Eclipse Foundation Specification Process (EFSP) includes an image that provides an overview of what goes into creating a new Specification Project. By creating, we mean the process of taking a Specification from an initial idea or concept through to the point where the … Continue reading →

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EFSP: The EFSP

Posted on November 26, 2018 by waynebeaton

The Eclipse Foundation Specification Process defines a general framework for developing specifications in open source at the Eclipse Foundation. Continue reading →

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EFSP: The EDP

Posted on November 7, 2018 by waynebeaton

The Eclipse Foundation Specification Process (EFSP) was authored as an extension to the Eclipse Development Process (EDP). With this in mind, before we can discuss the EFSP, we’ll start with a quick EDP primer. At a high (and very simplified) … Continue reading →

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Jakarta EE @EclipseFdn: Getting it done

Posted on October 3, 2018 by waynebeaton

To say that bringing Jakarta EE to life at the Eclipse Foundation was a massive undertaking is a gross understatement. We started this effort in early 2018. Today, we have 39 open source projects (as part of the EE4J Top … Continue reading →

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