# Jakarta Standard Tag Library Technology Compatibility Kit, Version 1.2
Release Notes, September 2019

## Kit Contents

A Jakarta Standard Tag Library, Version 1.2, Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) includes the following items:

- Jakarta Standard Tag Library TCK signature, API and specification tests:

  - A signature test that checks that all of the public APIs are supported or defined in the Jakarta Standard Tag Library Version 1.2 implementation that is under test.

  - Specification tests for the testable assertions required by the Jakarta Standard Tag Library Revision 1.2 Specification.

  - API tests for the public APIs and language elements defined by the Jakarta Standard Tag Library 1.2 Specification.

## Platform Notes

The Jakarta Standard Tag Library 1.2 TCK tests a Jakarta Standard Tag Library 1.2 Compatible Implementation (CI) and can be run on JavaTM Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) version 8 on the web container in which you run the tests. See Compatible Implementation for Jakarta Standard Tag Library 1.2 for additional information.

Refer to the A Standard Tag Library for JavaServer PagesTM User's Guide for platform compatibility requirements and notes.

## Compatible Implementation for A Standard Tag Library 1.2

The designated Runtime for compatibility testing of implementations based upon the Jakarta Standard Tag Library Specification 1.2 is as follows:

- Java Standard Edition (Java SE) 8

- Eclipse Compatible Implementation (CI) of Jakarta Standard Tag Library 1.2 available as a standalone implementation from Jakarta EE Specifications web site, or included as part of the Jakarta EE 8 compatible implementation, for example Eclipse GlassFish 5.1, or the Eclipse GlassFish 5.1, Web Profile CI.

  Note - Jakarta EE 8 is not required; this TCK only requires a container that supports Jakarta Standard Tag Library 1.2 and its requirements.

- Jakarta Standard Tag Library TCK tests run on the following platforms:
  - MAC OS X, El Capitan (10.9.5+)
  - Oracle Linux 7.1
  - Windows 10

## Installing, Setting Up, and Running the A Standard Tag Library for JavaServer PagesTM TCK

Refer to the Jakarta Standard Tag Library TCK 1.2 User's Guide, for complete instructions on installing, setting up, and running the Jakarta Standard Tag Library TCK. The online version of the JT Harness version 5.0 documentation is available here.

## Attributions

The Jakarta Standard Tag Library TCK 1.2 includes software developed by the Apache Software Foundation (http://www.apache.org/), the dom4j Project (http://www.dom4j.org/), and the JDOMTM Project (http://www.jdom.org/). The Apache Ant Contrib project is located at http://ant-contrib.sourceforge.net/.

## Changes/Addtions

- None