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 <p class="head">BIRT Project</p>
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 <h1>Project Organization</h1>

 Welcome to the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT)
 Project pages. The Eclipse BIRT Project is an open source Top Level Project
 of eclipse.org. The <a href="charter.html">Project Charter</a> describes
 the organization of the project, roles and responsibilities of the participants,
 and top-level development process for the project. The Top Level Project
 is overseen by a <a href="pmc.html">Project Management Committee</a> (PMC).
 The PMC organizes the Top-Level Project into <a href="#projects">Projects</a>
 coordinating identified resources of the Projects against a Development
 Plan and working against a CVS repository.

 <h1>About the BIRT Project</h1>

 The BIRT project addresses a wide range of reporting needs within a typical
 Java application. Today, reporting capabilities in an application are often
 implemented in an ad hoc fashion by the application developer, using technology
 that is not ideally suited to the task, or through the development of a one-off
 solution for that application. This is expensive and time-consuming, and provides
 limited reporting capabilities for the end users of the application. BIRT aims to
 address this problem by providing Eclipse-based open source and extensible tools
 and frameworks that allow developers to easily incorporate reporting functionality
 within their applications.
 <p>
 We encourage active participation in the BIRT project - read on and get
 involved through the <a href="news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.birt">BIRT
 newsgroup</a> and the
 <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse%20Development%20Process%202003_11_09%20FINAL.pdf">
 Eclipse Development Process</a>.

 <h1>Project Resources</h1>

 BIRT is a Top Level Project of Eclipse. The material here is for people
 who want know more
 about the BIRT project (instead of the software), or who wish to
 contribute to BIRT.

 <dl class="arrow-list">
 <dt><a href="description.html" class="page">Project Description and Scope</a></dt>
 <dd>Description of the project and it's scope.</dd>

 <dt><a href="charter.html">Project Charter</a></dt>
 <dd>The Charter under which this project is run.</dd>

 <dt><a href="principles.html">Project Principles</a></dt>
 <dd>The key principles on which this project is run.</dd>

 <dt><a href="pmc.html">Project Management Committee (PMC) and Project Leads</a></dt>
 <dd>Who is running the project?</dd>

 <dt><a href="contributors.html">Project Contributors and Committers</a></dt>
 <dd>List of the project contributors and committers.</dd>

 </dl>

 <h1>PMC Minutes</h1>
 <p>
 The BIRT PMC meets weekly. All minutes are posted to the
 <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/frameizer.php?page=http://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/birt-dev">birt-dev</a>
 mailing list. Past minutes can be found in the birt-dev mailing list
 <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/frameizer.php?page=http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/birt-dev/maillist.html">archive</a>.
 </p>

 <h1>Projects</h1>

 Projects within BIRT include the following.

 <dl class="break-list">
 <dt><a href="../../erd">Eclipse Report Designer (ERD)</a></dt>
 <dd> The Eclipse Report Designer is an Eclipse-based desktop authoring
 environment for report development. Eclipse Report Designer enables application
 and report developers to create simple and complex reports for use within their
 organization. The tool caters to the broad range of report development skills
 from the non-programmer report developer focused on report layout to the
 application developer looking for sophisticated control over report creation.</dd>

 <dt><a href="../../ere">Eclipse Report Engine (ERE)</a></dt>
 <dd> The Report Engine allows Java application developers to quickly integrate
 powerful report generation and viewing capabilities into their applications without
 having to build the infrastructure from lower level Java components. The Report
 Engine project enables reports to be generated using the XML report designs created
 by the Eclipse Report Designer, Web Based Report Designer or any other tool. To
 support this, the Report Engine provides two core services: generation and
 presentation. The generation service within the Report Engine is responsible for
 connecting to the specified data source(s), retrieving and processing the data
 (sorting, grouping, aggregations, etc), creating the report layout and generating
 the report document. The presentation service within the Report Engine provides a
 rich set of viewing capabilities for report content. This includes the infrastructure
 for viewing a document online; for printing a document; and for generating alternate
 output documents such as PDF.</dd>

 <dt><a href="../../ece">Eclipse Charting Engine (ECE) </a></dt>
 <dd> The Chart Engine project provides a rich business chart generation
 capability that can be used as a standalone charting component, as well
 as providing the chart generation service within the Report Engine project.
 Visual presentation of business data in the form of charts is a common, and key,
 aspect of many reports and other forms of business intelligence. As such, a
 robust charting capability is essential within the overall Business Intelligence
 and Reporting Tools project.</dd>

 <dt><a href="../../wrd">Web Based Report Designer (WRD)</a></dt>
 <dd>The Web Based Report Designer project delivers a fully customizable and
 extensible, 100% HTML based tool for creating reports with basic layouts
 and data manipulation. The tool will leverage components such as style sheets
 and templates created using the Eclipse Report Designer. In addition, the tool
 will provide an Eclipse-based customization facility for the user interface for
 full branding and embedding within Java applications. The goal of this project is
 to provide an accessible and easy-to-use report design environment to meet the
 needs for ad hoc report creation by business users within any java application.</dd>
 </dl>

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	<p class="head">BIRT Project</p>
	<p class="subhead">Project Organization</p>

	<h1>Project Organization</h1>

	Welcome to the Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT)
	Project pages. The Eclipse BIRT Project is an open source Top Level Project
	of eclipse.org. The <a href="charter.html">Project Charter</a> describes
	the organization of the project, roles and responsibilities of the participants,
	and top-level development process for the project. The Top Level Project
	is overseen by a <a href="pmc.html">Project Management Committee</a> (PMC).
	The PMC organizes the Top-Level Project into <a href="#projects">Projects</a>
	coordinating identified resources of the Projects against a Development
	Plan and working against a CVS repository.

	<h1>About the BIRT Project</h1>

	The BIRT project addresses a wide range of reporting needs within a typical
	Java application. Today, reporting capabilities in an application are often
	implemented in an ad hoc fashion by the application developer, using technology
	that is not ideally suited to the task, or through the development of a one-off
	solution for that application. This is expensive and time-consuming, and provides
	limited reporting capabilities for the end users of the application. BIRT aims to
	address this problem by providing Eclipse-based open source and extensible tools
	and frameworks that allow developers to easily incorporate reporting functionality
	within their applications.
	<p>
	We encourage active participation in the BIRT project - read on and get
	involved through the <a href="news://news.eclipse.org/eclipse.birt">BIRT
	newsgroup</a> and the
	<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse%20Development%20Process%202003_11_09%20FINAL.pdf">
	Eclipse Development Process</a>.

	<h1>Project Resources</h1>

	BIRT is a Top Level Project of Eclipse. The material here is for people
	who want know more
	about the BIRT project (instead of the software), or who wish to
	contribute to BIRT.

	<dl class="arrow-list">
	<dt><a href="description.html" class="page">Project Description and Scope</a></dt>
	<dd>Description of the project and it's scope.</dd>

	<dt><a href="charter.html">Project Charter</a></dt>
	<dd>The Charter under which this project is run.</dd>

	<dt><a href="principles.html">Project Principles</a></dt>
	<dd>The key principles on which this project is run.</dd>

	<dt><a href="pmc.html">Project Management Committee (PMC) and Project Leads</a></dt>
	<dd>Who is running the project?</dd>

	<dt><a href="contributors.html">Project Contributors and Committers</a></dt>
	<dd>List of the project contributors and committers.</dd>

	</dl>

	<h1>PMC Minutes</h1>
	<p>
	The BIRT PMC meets weekly. All minutes are posted to the
	<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/frameizer.php?page=http://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/birt-dev">birt-dev</a>
	mailing list. Past minutes can be found in the birt-dev mailing list
	<a href="http://www.eclipse.org/birt/frameizer.php?page=http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/birt-dev/maillist.html">archive</a>.
	</p>

	<h1>Projects</h1>

	Projects within BIRT include the following.

	<dl class="break-list">
	<dt><a href="../../erd">Eclipse Report Designer (ERD)</a></dt>
	<dd> The Eclipse Report Designer is an Eclipse-based desktop authoring
	environment for report development. Eclipse Report Designer enables application
	and report developers to create simple and complex reports for use within their
	organization. The tool caters to the broad range of report development skills
	from the non-programmer report developer focused on report layout to the
	application developer looking for sophisticated control over report creation.</dd>

	<dt><a href="../../ere">Eclipse Report Engine (ERE)</a></dt>
	<dd> The Report Engine allows Java application developers to quickly integrate
	powerful report generation and viewing capabilities into their applications without
	having to build the infrastructure from lower level Java components. The Report
	Engine project enables reports to be generated using the XML report designs created
	by the Eclipse Report Designer, Web Based Report Designer or any other tool. To
	support this, the Report Engine provides two core services: generation and
	presentation. The generation service within the Report Engine is responsible for
	connecting to the specified data source(s), retrieving and processing the data
	(sorting, grouping, aggregations, etc), creating the report layout and generating
	the report document. The presentation service within the Report Engine provides a
	rich set of viewing capabilities for report content. This includes the infrastructure
	for viewing a document online; for printing a document; and for generating alternate
	output documents such as PDF.</dd>

	<dt><a href="../../ece">Eclipse Charting Engine (ECE) </a></dt>
	<dd> The Chart Engine project provides a rich business chart generation
	capability that can be used as a standalone charting component, as well
	as providing the chart generation service within the Report Engine project.
	Visual presentation of business data in the form of charts is a common, and key,
	aspect of many reports and other forms of business intelligence. As such, a
	robust charting capability is essential within the overall Business Intelligence
	and Reporting Tools project.</dd>

	<dt><a href="../../wrd">Web Based Report Designer (WRD)</a></dt>
	<dd>The Web Based Report Designer project delivers a fully customizable and
	extensible, 100% HTML based tool for creating reports with basic layouts
	and data manipulation. The tool will leverage components such as style sheets
	and templates created using the Eclipse Report Designer. In addition, the tool
	will provide an Eclipse-based customization facility for the user interface for
	full branding and embedding within Java applications. The goal of this project is
	to provide an accessible and easy-to-use report design environment to meet the
	needs for ad hoc report creation by business users within any java application.</dd>
	</dl>

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