<s>
OpenJPA	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Persistence	I-Language
API	I-Language
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
object-relational	B-General_Concept
mapping	I-General_Concept
(	O
ORM	O
)	O
solution	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
which	O
simplifies	O
storing	O
objects	O
in	O
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kodo	O
,	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
Data	I-Language
Objects	I-Language
implementation	O
,	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
SolarMetric	O
,	O
Inc	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BEA	O
Systems	O
acquired	O
SolarMetric	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
where	O
Kodo	O
was	O
expanded	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
both	O
the	O
JDO	B-Language
(	O
JSR	B-Language
12	I-Language
)	O
and	O
JPA	B-Language
(	O
JSR	O
220	O
)	O
specifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
BEA	O
donated	O
a	O
large	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Kodo	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
OpenJPA	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
donated	O
source	O
code	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
core	O
persistence	B-Application
engine	O
of	O
BEA	B-Language
Weblogic	I-Language
Server	I-Language
,	O
IBM	B-Language
WebSphere	I-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
Geronimo	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
OpenJPA	B-Language
graduated	O
from	O
the	O
incubator	O
to	O
a	O
top-level	O
project	O
and	O
also	O
passed	O
Sun	O
's	O
Technology	B-Language
Compatibility	I-Language
Kit	I-Language
compliant	O
with	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Persistence	I-Language
API	I-Language
.	O
</s>
