Apache Bean Validation will deliver an implementation of the JSR303 Bean Validation 1.0 specification. BVAL entered incubation on March 1, 2010.

A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation

First release of artifacts. Grow the community and committer base.

Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be aware of

None at this time.

How has the community developed since the last report

Committer offer was extended and accepted by Carlos Vara. Apache Geronimo has started using our artifacts in their 3.0 builds for Java EE 6. Apache OpenJPA has started creating a image-gallery sample that shows how JPA2 and our Bean Validation implementation can be used together.

How has the project developed since the last report

Rsync of Confluence content to our website is now setup. Code has been passing the Bean Validation TCK since May 21. We completed our first release on June 11, 2010, which was released as 0.1-incubating.