1. Callisto Simultaneous Release | © 2006 by «someone», made available under the EPL v1.0 1 Eclipse BIRT 2.1 in the Callisto Simultaneous Release May 26, 2006

2. Callisto Simultaneous Release | © 2006 by «someone», made available under the EPL v1.0 2 APIs: Status NameStatusDoc StatusTest Cases # of Clients Backward Compatible Maturity BIRT Report Object ModelPlatformComprehensive documentYes2+IndefinitePlatform BIRT Design Engine APIPlatformOverview, How To, Examples and JavaDoc Yes2+1.0, 1.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.1 Mature BIRT Report Engine APIProvisionalOverview, How To, Examples and JavaDoc Yes3+1.0, 1.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.1 Medium BIRT Report Scripting APIProvisionalJavaDoc, ExamplesYesN/A2.0, 2.0.1Medium BIRT Open Data Access Extension APIDeprecated (Moved to DTP) Overview, Examples and JavaDoc Yes3+1.0, 1.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.1 Medium BIRT Report Item Extension APIProvisionalOverview, Examples and JavaDoc Yes2+1.0, 1.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.1 High BIRT Report Rendering Extension APIProvisionalJavaDocYes2+1.0, 1.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.1 Medium BIRT Chart Engine APIProvisionalOverview, FAQ, Model Specification and JavaDoc Yes2+1.0, 1.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.1 Medium BIRT Chart Type Extension APIProvisionalJavaDocYes5+1.0, 1.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.1 Medium BIRT Chart Device Rendering Extension APIProvisionalJavaDocYes3+1.0, 1.0.1, 2.0, 2.0.1 Medium API Contract Compatibility: BIRT 2.1 is upwards contract-compatible with BIRT 1.x and 2.0.x to the greatest extent possible. All incompatibility exceptions will be documented. Downward contract compatibility is not supported. There is no guarantee that compliance with BIRT 2.1 APIs will ensure compliance with BIRT 1.x or 2.0.x APIs. Refer to general Eclipse document on Evolving APIs for a discussion of the kinds of API changes that maintain contract compatibility. Evolving APIs

3. Callisto Simultaneous Release | © 2006 by «someone», made available under the EPL v1.0 3 BIRT – End of Life Issues No features or APIs are moving into End of Life in this release

4. Callisto Simultaneous Release | © 2006 by «someone», made available under the EPL v1.0 4 BIRT – IP Cleanliness About files and license files are complete and correct The following significant and third party contributions have been reviewed by Eclipse Legal Rhino 1.6R1 Apache Derby 10.0.2.1 Jakarta Commons CLI 1.0 JTidy R7 Simple API for CSS 1.3 Flute 1.3 Commons codec1.3 Xerces2 Java Parser 2.6.2 The following have been submitted to Eclipse Legal for approval: Apache Derby upgrade to 10.1.2.1 (submitted on March 17, 2006) Prototype.js (submitted on May 11, 2006) Project log complete and has been reviewed by Eclipse Legal The URL is http://www.eclipse.org/projects/slides/BIRT_2.1_Project_Log.html