May 2020
Beginner
267 pages
7h 37m
English
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Chapter 93. What Is the JCP Program and How to Participate
Heather VanCura
The Java Community Process (JCP) Program is the process by which the international Java community standardizes and ratifies the specifications for Java technologies. The JCP Program ensures high-quality specifications are developed using an inclusive, consensus-based approach. Specifications ratified by the JCP Program must be accompanied by a Reference Implementation (to prove the Specification can be implemented) and a Technology Compatibility Kit (a suite of tests, tools, and documentation used to test implementations for compliance with the Specification).
Experience has shown that the best way to produce a technology specification is to use an open and inclusive process to develop a specification and implementation, informed by a group of industry experts with a variety of viewpoints. This also includes giving the community opportunities to review and comment, and also a strong technical lead to ensure the technical goals are met and the specification integrates with other relevant specifications.
An Executive Committee (EC) representing a cross-section of major stakeholders—such as Java vendors, large financial institutions utilizing Java to run their business, open source groups, and other members of the Java community, including individuals and user groups—is responsible for approving the passage ...