Is Java Web Start based on a standard?

Yes. Java Web Start 1.5.0 is the product-quality reference implementation of Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) technology, which was developed through the Java Community Process. JNLP is specification number JSR 056. Other platform vendors are encouraged to port Java Web Start to their platform or implement the specification. For more information, see the JNLP specification. ... more

Yes. Java Web Start 1.5.0 is the product-quality reference implementation of Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) technology, which was developed through the Java Community Process. JNLP is specification number JSR 000056. Other platform vendors are encouraged to port Java Web Start to their platform or implement the specification. For more information, see the JNLP specification. ... more

Yes, the Java Community Process is a series of public meetings in which the definition of the JavaTM technology was created. Java Network Launching Protocol is a technology which is a part of the JCP standard. Its specification number is JSR 000056, the Java Network Launching Protocol and Application Programming Interface (JNLP). Java Web Start 1.0 is the product-quality reference inplementation for the JNLP technology described above, therefore other platform vendors are encouraged to port Java Web Start to their platform or implement the specification. ... more

Asked in Computers & Technology at 8:17 AM on November 13, 2008 Tags: java, web, start, based, standard ... more