JSR Initiation
- Initiate a Java Specification Request
- Revise existing specifications
- Protect the installed base and guard against fragmentation
- Profiles and API Specifications target current Platform Editions
- Platform inclusion
- JSR review
- Disclosure of licensing terms
- JSR Approval Ballot and Expert Group formation
Draft Releases
- Write the first draft of the Specification
- Early Draft Review
- Updating the draft during Early Draft Review
- Public Review
- Public Review Ballot
Final Release
- Proposed Final Draft
- Complete the RI and TCK
- Establish a first-level TCK Appeals Process
- Update the deliverables in response to a TCK appeal
- Final Approval Ballot
- Final Release
Maintenance
- Maintenance Lead responsibilities
- Maintenance Review
- Maintenance Review Ballot
- Maintenance Release