Content Repository API for Java (JCR) is a specification for a Java platform API for accessing content repositories in a uniform manner. The specification was developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 170. The main package is javax.jcr. The Java platform is the name for a computing environment, or platform, from Sun Microsystems which can run applications developed using the Java programming language and set of development tools. ... An application programming interface (API) is the interface that a computer system, library or application provides in order to allow requests for service to be made of it by other computer programs, and/or to allow data to be exchanged between them. ... The Java Community Process or JCP, established in 1995, is a formalized process which allows interested parties to be involved in the definition of future versions and features of the Java platform. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

See also

• JSR 170
• Reference implementation and the technology compatibility kit