PUBLIC MARKS with tag jcp

The second version of the JCR API has been released for public review as JSR-283 and, at the same time, the first version (JSR-170) has been doing well: Jackrabbit is now a top-level Apache project

Q: What is the JCP? A: Since its introduction in 1998 as the open, participative process to develop and revise the Java™ technology specifications, reference implementations, and test suites, the Java Community Process (JCP) program has fostered the evolution of the Java platform in cooperation with the international Java developer community.

Frankly, PCP reminds me on an idea I had 6 to 12 months ago and briefly discussed it with Zak Greant (who discussed it with one of the inventors of the JCP, the Java Community Process with its JSR's), IIRC Stig Bakken and others. We called it "PHP Community Process"