In reality, the ODBC specification is based upon the Open Group's Call Level Interface specification, and is supported by a variety of vendors. The JDBC specification is owned by Oracle and is part of ...

Some developers of APIs make them publicly available, as the Java API specification has been. Other developers maintain APIs as trade secrets and license the APIs to third-party developers.

JavaServer Faces, a standard technology for building user interfaces for Java-based Web applications, is now shipping. In development for two years, JavaServer Faces is intended to enable ...