The Apache Project has released Jackrabbit 1.2.1, an open source implementation of the Content Repository for Java Technology API (JCR) specified in Java Specification Request 170.
Apache Jackrabbit is a fully conforming implementation of the Content Repository for Java Technology API (JCR). A content repository is a hierarchical content store with support for structured and unstructured content, full text search, versioning, transactions, observation, and more. Typical applications that use content repositories include content management, document management, and records management systems.
Apache Jackrabbit 1.2.1 is an incremental release that introduces a number of new features, improvements, and bug fixes. The most notable changes in this release are the introduction of a clustering feature and various query improvements. The build environment has been upgraded to Maven 2 along with updates to the project structure and new versions of the Apache Lucene and Apache Derby dependencies.