<s>
Apache	B-Language
Ivy	I-Language
is	O
a	O
transitive	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sub-project	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Ant	I-Application
project	O
,	O
with	O
which	O
Ivy	O
works	O
to	O
resolve	O
project	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
external	O
XML	B-Protocol
file	O
defines	O
project	O
dependencies	O
and	O
lists	O
the	O
resources	O
necessary	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
some	O
degree	O
,	O
it	O
competes	O
with	O
Apache	B-Language
Maven	I-Language
,	O
which	O
also	O
manages	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Maven	B-Language
is	O
a	O
complete	O
build	O
tool	O
,	O
whereas	O
Ivy	O
focuses	O
purely	O
on	O
managing	O
transitive	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jayasoft	O
first	O
created	O
Ivy	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
2004	O
,	O
with	O
Xavier	O
Hanin	O
serving	O
as	O
the	O
principal	O
architect	B-Architecture
and	O
developer	B-Application
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jayasoft	O
moved	O
hosting	O
of	O
Ivy	O
(	O
then	O
at	O
version	O
1.4.1	O
)	O
to	O
Apache	B-Application
Incubator	I-Application
in	O
October	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ivy	O
graduated	O
from	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Incubator	I-Application
in	O
October	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2009	O
it	O
functions	O
as	O
a	O
sub-project	O
of	O
Apache	B-Application
Ant	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
time	O
,	O
Ivy	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
sbt	B-Language
(	O
until	O
sbt	B-Language
1.3	O
)	O
,	O
grails	B-Language
(	O
until	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
gradle	B-Language
(	O
until	O
2012	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Jenkins	B-Language
.	O
</s>
