Content Repository Standard Finalized; Day Delivers JSR 170 Specification Reference Implementation and the Technology Compatibility Kit.BASEL, Switzerland & IRVINE, Calif. -- Day Software (SWX SWX Swiss Exchange (trademark of SWX Swiss Exchange) SWX SolidWorks (3D solid modeling CAD software) SWX Splitter / Wave Division Multiplexer :DAYN), a leading provider of global content management and content infrastructure software, today announced that the Content Repository for Java Technology API (JSR JSR Java Specification Request JSR J Sargeant Reynolds Community College (Virginia) JSR Journal of Sedimentary Research JSR Jump to Subroutine (6502 processor instruction) 170) has been finalized. JSR 170, which has been developed under the Java Community Process Sun's system for allowing third parties to submit requests for new features to Java. JCP is a formal process that must be adhered to, and fees are involved. In 1999, Sun submitted Java to the ECMA standards body, but withdrew its J2SE specification later in the year. (sm) (JCP See Java Community Process. JCP - Java Community Process (sm)) program, will ensure that companies can easily manage content across large-scale enterprises. With Day's CTO, David Nuescheler, serving as the specification lead for JSR 170, Day had the responsibility for developing the Reference Implementation (RI) and the Technology Compatibility Kit A technology compatibility kit (TCK) is a suite of tests that at least nominally checks a particular alleged implementation of a Java Specification Request (JSR) for compliance. (TCK) for the specification. Delivery of these key technology components signifies the finalization of the standard. Companies now wishing to develop products based on the standard will need to run their products against the TCK process to validate functionality. Day, a long-time innovator in the content management industry with its virtual repository technology, again has taken an industry-wide leadership role in helping to develop and implement a standard that will enable the entire industry to grow and mature. Apache, BEA Systems, IBM, Oracle, and SAP, amongst many others, all serve as members of expert group for JSR 170. Other leading industry participants include Documentum Inc., FileNet Corp., and Vignette. "JSR 170 promises the world a unified API that allows for the access of any compliant repository in a vendor- or implementation-neutral fashion, leading to the kind of clean separation of concerns that characterizes modern IT architectures," said David Nuescheler, CTO of Day Software. "The standard will have a major impact on the content management landscape, separating infrastructural services from application services as has long been prevalent in the data world." "With Java Content Repositories we will see the emergence of a whole new market for the management of Enterprise Content. We are proud to play a leading role in this important technology innovation," said Michael Moppert, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and chairman of Day Software. "We believe that as the leader of this initiative we are in an excellent position. We will make a commercial implementation of the standard available to the industry before the end of the month and are excited about the growth potential that these new products open up for Day Software." About Day - www.day.com Day is a leading provider of integrated content, portal and digital asset management software and content repository technology. Day was founded in 1993 and has been listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange SWX Swiss Exchange An all-electronic securities exchange formed from the 1995 merger of exchanges in Geneva, Basel, and Zurich. The exchange offers trading in equity securities, investment funds, exchange-traded funds, bonds, Eurobonds, and options. (SWX:DAYN) since April 2000. Day Software has subsidiaries in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, , the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and Singapore. Day's customers are some of the largest global corporations and include Audi, Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. , DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Post World Net, DHL, Intercontinental Hotels Group InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LSE: IHG NYSE: IHG) is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands. The largest hotel company by number of rooms (556,000 as of March 2007 [1]), its headquarters are in Windsor just outside Greater London and , McDonald's, and Volkswagen Group. About the Java Community Process Since its introduction in 1998 as the open, inclusive process to develop and revise Java technology specifications, reference implementations, and technology compatibility kits, the Java Community Process program has fostered the evolution of the Java platform in cooperation with the international Java developer community. The JCP has over 850 company and individual participants; more than 270 Java technology specifications are in development in the JCP program, of which 46 percent are in final stages. For more information on the JCP program, please visit http://jcp.org. |
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