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|  | <p class="head">BIRT Project</p> | 
|  | <p class="subhead">Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools</p> | 
|  | <h1>Welcome!</h1> | 
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|  | BIRT is an open source, Eclipse-based reporting system that integrates | 
|  | with your  application to produce compelling reports for both web | 
|  | and PDF. | 
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|  | BIRT provides core reporting features such as report layout, | 
|  | data access and scripting.  The current released version is 1.0.1. Please try BIRT and | 
|  | tell us what you think by filling bugs reports & enhancement requests | 
|  | through Bugzilla as explained on the <a href="community.html">community</a> | 
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|  | <h1>New to BIRT?</h1> | 
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|  | The topics below help you quickly learn what BIRT is, learn | 
|  | how to use this site and -- most importantly -- try BIRT out for | 
|  | yourself. Just follow the simple steps below. Note that the menu on | 
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|  | <dt><a href="intro">Introduction</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Summary of BIRT, what it does, and how it fits into | 
|  | your Eclipse development environment and J2EE server | 
|  | environment.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads">Download</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Download BIRT and find out what other software it requires.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="build/install.html">Install</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A step by step guide to installing BIRT and associated software.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="tutorial">Tutorial</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Try out BIRT for yourself by following this simple tutorial that walks you | 
|  | through building a report from scratch.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="db">Sample Database</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>BIRT provides a sample database used by the tutorial and some of the | 
|  | example reports. This database lets you learn BIRT on a simple, known | 
|  | database before you experiment with your own, real-world data sources.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="examples">Examples</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Provides a variety of examples that show BIRT in action.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="deploy">Integration</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>You can integrate BIRT into your application using  the BIRT web app, design | 
|  | API, or engine API.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="wiki/index.php?n=FAQ.FAQ">FAQ</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>A summary of questions asked & answered in the newsgroup, delivered via the BIRT Wiki.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="community.html">Community</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Other community resources, including the newsgroup, mailing lists, bugzilla, etc.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="ref">Reference</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Reference information on BIRT's report design format: the Report Object Model (ROM).</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="project">Project Organization</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Information on the BIRT project, including charter, leadership, organization, etc.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="project/PlanAndDeliverables.html">Project Development Plan</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Contains information on the project release schedule, project plan, and feature sets.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="build">Building BIRT</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>How to check out and build the BIRT source code.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt><a href="search.html">Search</a></dt> | 
|  | <dd>Search the BIRT portion of the Eclipse web site with Google.</dd> | 
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|  | <h1>What's New</h1> | 
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|  | <dt>January 16</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/index.php?page=project/pmc.html">The BIRT PMC</a> is pleased to announce | 
|  | that Mike Fox, from IBM / Rational, has joined the Committee.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt>January 4</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads">BIRT 2.0 Release Candidate</a> | 
|  | is available for download.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt>December 7</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads">BIRT 2.0 Milestone 3</a> | 
|  | can now be downloaded.  Read about the feature set at <a href="project/notable2.0M3.html">Notable Features - BIRT 2.0 M3</a> </dd> | 
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|  | <dt>November 3</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads/examples/misc/BIRT/BIRT_demo_Camv3.html" target="_blank" class="top">A new BIRT Demo</a> is available for viewing.</dd> | 
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|  | <dt>October 31</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads">BIRT 2.0 Milestone 2</a> | 
|  | is available for download.  Read about the feature set at <a href="project/notable2.0M2.html">Notable Features - BIRT 2.0 M2</a> </dd> | 
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|  | <dt>October 21</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="examples">New Examples</a> The examples have been restructured and many new examples are available. | 
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|  | <dt>October 21</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="project/PlanAndDeliverables.html">New Project Plan Page</a> This page contains information on the project plan and | 
|  | the milestone dates for BIRT 2.0.  In addition the page contains bugzilla queries for feature and bug fixes for each milestone. | 
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|  | <dt>Setptember 30</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="project/project_plan_R2_0_0_Draft.html">BIRT Release 2.0 DRAFT Project Plan</a> Take a look at the projects<br> | 
|  | that are being implemented for BIRT 2.0.  The 2.0 Milestone 1 release is available on the <a href="http://download.eclipse.org/birt/downloads/">downloads</a> page | 
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|  | <dt>September 2</dt> | 
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|  | EclipseWorld Presentations are now Available<br> | 
|  | <a href="presos/Eclipse BIRT Project IntroductionEclipseWorld.pdf">BIRT Introduction</a> - An Introduction to BIRT<br> | 
|  | <a href="presos/BIRTDemoEclipseWorld.pdf">BIRT Introduction - Demo</a> - Demonstration Script<br> | 
|  | <a href="presos/Eclipse BIRT Project Mastering BIRT.pdf">Mastering BIRT</a> - Exploring BIRT Extensions <br> | 
|  | <a href="presos/Eclipse BIRT Plugin Map.pdf">BIRT Plugin Map</a> - BIRT Projects and Extension Points<br> | 
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|  | <b><a href="whatsnew.html">More of What's New...</a></b> | 
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|  | <h1>In the News</h1> | 
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|  | <dt>November 16</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/using-birt/" target="_blank">Using BIRT To Report On Bugzilla in MySQL</a> | 
|  | from | 
|  | <a href="http://www.mysql.com/" target="_blank">MySQL</a>. | 
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|  | <dt>September 28</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=171200352&pgno=1" target="_blank"> Open Source Goes Corporate</a> | 
|  | from | 
|  | <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/" target="_blank">InformationWeek</a>. | 
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|  | <dt>June 28</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://tv.sys-con.com/read/109190.htm" target="_blank"> BIRT at JavaOne</a> | 
|  | from | 
|  | <a href="http://www.sys-con.tv/" target="_blank">Sys-Con.tv</a>. | 
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|  | <dt>June 8</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://81.144.183.106/Articles/2005/06/08/210306/Eclipsereleasesopensourcebusinessintelligence.htm" target="_blank"> | 
|  | Eclipse releases open source business intelligence</a> | 
|  | from | 
|  | <a href="http://81.144.183.106/Home/Default.aspx" target="_blank">ComputerWeekly.com</a>. | 
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|  | <dt>June 8</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://www.tdwi.org/Research/display.aspx?ID=7570" target="_blank"> | 
|  | Eclipse Foundation Releases BI Reporting Tool for Java</a> | 
|  | from | 
|  | <a href="http://www.tdwi.org/index.aspx" target="_blank">tdwi Research</a>. | 
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|  | <dt>June 7</dt> | 
|  | <dd><a href="http://www.bizintelligencepipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=164301123" target="_blank"> | 
|  | BIRT Makes Open-Source Reporting Premiere</a> | 
|  | from | 
|  | <a href="http://www.bizintelligencepipeline.com" target="_blank">BizIntelligencePipeline</a>. | 
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|  | <b><a href="news.html">More News...</a></b> | 
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|  | <h1>Upcoming</h1> | 
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|  | <dt>Q4 2005 | 
|  | <dd>Tentative Release 2 target date. | 
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