Current Java Specifications
Older Java Specifications
Upcoming Java Specifications
HTTP RFCs
Web Services Standards
HTML, CSS, XML, XSL, etc.
Other Standards
Current Java Specifications
- Java EE 6, all included specs, Overview pt 1, pt 2, pt 3
- JPA 2.0
- EJB 3.1
- Dependency Injection for Java EE, a.k.a. Web Beans, introduction pt 1, pt 2, pt 3, pt 4, pt 5, pt 6
- Servlet API 3.0, introduction, async support #1, async support #2, article Developing with Comet
- JSP 2.2 and EL 2.2
- JSTL 1.2
- JSF 2.0 - What's new in JSF 2.0? - four-part series on JSF 2.0
- JAX-RS
- JAX-WS
- JDBC 4.0
- Java SE APIs
- SIP servlets: introduction, 1.0, 1.1, SailFin and Mobicents are open source implementations
Older Java Specifications
Upcoming Java Specifications
- Java 7: feature list, documentation
- JEE 7 bundles EJB 3.2, Servlets 3.1, EL 3.0, JMS 2.0, JSF 2.2, JAX-RS 2.0, JPA 2.1, CDI 1.1, Bean Validation 1.1, JCache, State Management, Batch Application, Concurrency Utilities for JEE and possibly a JSON JSR. An overview of key features can be found here.
HTTP RFCs
Web Services Standards
Web
Other Standards