Basel, Switzerland and Irvine, California – October 4, 2005 – Day Software (SWX: DAYN, OTC:DYIHY), a leading provider of global content management and content infrastructure software, today announced that they have submitted version 2.0 of the Content Repository for Java Technology API to the Java Community Process (JCP). JSR 283 is the next version of the groundbreaking JSR 170 standard, and will reduce the risks of proprietary vendor lock-in by improving the interoperability between content repositories and applications. The new enhancement to the standard ensures that companies can easily manage content across large-scale enterprises.

“With JSR 170 we started a true paradigm shift in the content industry by introducing the first a global standard for content repositories. We are currently observing a very fast adoption of this concept throughout the industry. With JSR 283 we are adding a number of substantial enhancements to the standard that will make it even easier for companies to benefit from the standard, simplify their repository architecture, increase efficiency and reduce cost,” said David Nuescheler, CTO of Day Software, who is leading the specification of the standard. “JSR 283 adheres to the same general goal - to produce a content repository API that provides an implementation independent way to access content bi-directionally on a granular level.”

Extensions to JSR 170 (Version 1.0) that are up for discussion by the Expert Group for version 2.0 include greater access control management, workspace and node-type management in addition to retention aspects of content or cross repository aspects.  The latest version provides improved interoperability within the content repository through the addition of new standardized node types like meta information and internationalization.

Day, a long time innovator in the content management industry with its virtual repository technology, again has taken an industry-wide leadership role in developing and implementing a standard that will enable the entire industry to grow and mature. Day’s CTO, David Nuescheler, will lead the JSR 283 initiative by acting as the specification as he did with JSR 170. Expert Group members include: Alfresco, Inc, Apache Software Foundation, BEA Systems, Documentum, Filenet, Hummingbird, IBM, Interwoven, JBoss, Oracle, Opentext, SAS Institute, and Vignette.

About Day - www.day.com

Day is a leading provider of integrated content, portal and digital asset management software. Day's technology Communiqué offers a comprehensive, rapidly deployable framework to unify and manage all digital business data, systems, applications and processes through the web. Communiqué's content-centric architecture, and its innovative ContentBus, turns the entire business into a virtual repository, bringing together content from any system, regardless of location, language or platform.
Day is an international company, founded in 1993, and listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange (SWX: DAYN) since April 2000. Day's customers are some of the largest global corporations and include Audi, DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Post World Net, General Electric, Intercontinental Hotels Group, McDonald’s, UBS and Volkswagen.

** About the Java Community Process **

Since its introduction in 1998 as the open, inclusive process to develop and revise Java technology specifications, reference implementations, and technology compatibility kits, the Java Community Process program has fostered the evolution of the Java platform in cooperation with the international Java developer community. The JCP has over 900  company and individual participants; more than 280 Java technology specifications are in development in the JCP program, of which around 46 percent are in final stages. For more information on the JCP program, please visit http://jcp.org

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