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Content repository API for Java
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<p>Content Repository API for Java (JCR) is a specification for a <a href="/facts/Java_(software_platform)/fpn6x8WL">Java</a> platform <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">application programming interface</a> (API) to access <a href="/facts/Content_repository/5M5NHDPV">content repositories</a> in a uniform manner. The content repositories are used in content management systems to keep the content data and also the <a href="/facts/Metadata/qt35z79C">metadata</a> used in <a href="/facts/Content_management_system/CCk4vIxV">content management systems</a> (CMS) such as versioning metadata. The specification was developed under the <a href="/facts/Java_Community_Process/LFQVV4Ik">Java Community Process</a> as JSR-170 (Version 1), and as JSR-283 (version 2). The main <a href="/facts/Java_package/C8PmS7K4">Java package</a> is javax.jcr. </p>