<s>
The	O
Business	B-General_Concept
Intelligence	I-General_Concept
and	O
Reporting	O
Tools	O
(	O
BIRT	O
)	O
Project	O
is	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
project	O
that	O
provides	O
reporting	O
and	O
business	B-General_Concept
intelligence	I-General_Concept
capabilities	O
for	O
rich	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
and	O
web	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
especially	O
those	O
based	O
on	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIRT	O
is	O
a	O
top-level	O
software	O
project	O
within	O
the	B-Application
Eclipse	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
,	O
an	O
independent	O
not-for-profit	O
consortium	O
of	O
software	O
industry	O
vendors	O
and	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
's	O
stated	O
goals	O
are	O
to	O
address	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
reporting	O
needs	O
within	O
a	O
typical	O
application	O
,	O
ranging	O
from	O
operational	O
or	O
enterprise	O
reporting	O
to	O
multi-dimensional	O
online	B-Application
analytical	I-Application
processing	I-Application
(	O
OLAP	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
an	O
active	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
at	O
BIRT	O
Developer	O
Center	O
and	O
developers	O
at	O
the	O
Eclipse.org	B-Application
BIRT	B-Language
Project	I-Language
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIRT	O
has	O
two	O
main	O
components	O
:	O
a	O
visual	O
report	O
designer	O
within	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
IDE	I-Application
for	O
creating	O
BIRT	B-Language
Reports	I-Language
,	O
and	O
a	O
runtime	O
component	O
for	O
generating	O
reports	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
to	O
any	O
Java	B-Language
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BIRT	B-Language
project	I-Language
also	O
includes	O
a	O
charting	O
engine	O
that	O
is	O
both	O
fully	O
integrated	O
into	O
the	O
report	O
designer	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
standalone	O
to	O
integrate	O
charts	O
into	O
an	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BIRT	B-Language
Report	I-Language
designs	O
are	O
persisted	O
as	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
can	O
access	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
different	O
data	O
sources	O
including	O
JDO	B-Language
datastores	I-Language
,	O
JFire	B-Language
Scripting	I-Language
Objects	I-Language
,	O
POJOs	O
,	O
SQL	B-Language
databases	I-Language
,	O
Web	O
Services	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BIRT	B-Language
project	I-Language
was	O
first	O
proposed	O
and	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Actuate	O
Corporation	O
when	O
Actuate	O
joined	O
the	B-Application
Eclipse	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
as	O
a	O
Strategic	O
Developer	O
on	O
August	O
24	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
subsequently	O
approved	O
and	O
became	O
a	O
top-level	O
project	O
within	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
community	O
on	O
October	O
6	O
,	O
2004	O
The	O
project	O
contributor	O
community	O
includes	O
IBM	O
,	O
and	O
Innovent	O
Solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
project	O
code	O
base	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Actuate	O
beginning	O
in	O
early	O
2004	O
and	O
donated	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Eclipse	I-Application
Foundation	I-Application
when	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
approved	O
.	O
</s>
