Key Embedded Java Standards

Sept. 2, 2002

Though Sun Microsystems (www.sun.com) started the JCP and remains the dominant factor in the creation and approval of Java Specification Requests (JSR), a host of companies, organizations, and individuals also play a role. JSRs tend to gain...

William G. Wong

Though Sun Microsystems (www.sun.com) started the JCP and remains the dominant factor in the creation and approval of Java Specification Requests (JSR), a host of companies, organizations, and individuals also play a role. JSRs tend to gain approval only after months or even years of discussion, and the numbering convention, although sequential, only indicates when the process starts. For example, JSR-1, the Real-Time Specification for Java, will have production versions available only later this year. As Muksh Patel, president of hardware vendor Nazomi, notes, "JCP is time consuming, but it works." It allows companies like Nazomi to incorporate such features as multimedia support in a standard fashion. www.jcp.org

Key Embedded Java Standards
JSR	Description
1	Real-Time Specification for Java
8	Open Services Gateway Specification (OSGi)
16	J2EETM Connector Architecture
19	Enterprise JavaBeansTM 2.0
27	Java Cryptography Extension 1.3
30	J2ME Connected, Limited Device Configuration (CLDC)
31	XML Data Binding Specification
36	J2ME Connected Device Configuration (CDC)
37	Mobile Information Device Profile (MDIP) for the J2ME Platform
46	J2ME Foundation Profile
54	JDBC 3.0 Specification
58	Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition 1.3 Specification
62	Personal Profile Specification (for J2ME)
68	J2ME Platform Specification
75	PDA Profile for the J2ME Platform
78	RMI (Remote Method Invocation) Custom Remote References
82	Java APIs for Bluetooth
99	Java Specification Participation Agreement
118	Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) 2.0 (extends JSR-37)
120	Wireless Messaging API
133	Java Memory Model and Thread Specification Revision (proposed)
134	Java Game Profile
135	Mobile Media API
169	JDBC Optional Package for CDC/Foundation Profile (proposed)
178	Mobile Game API (for MDIP 1.0)
189	Java 3D API 1.4
190	Event Tracking API for J2ME

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