Java EE security specification

E836335

software specification

The Java EE security specification is the former standard framework within the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition for defining and managing authentication, authorization, and other security mechanisms in enterprise Java applications.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Java EE Security API	2
Java Authorization Contract for Containers (JACC)	1
Java EE Security	1
Java EE security model	1
Java EE security specification canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10019518 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Java EE security specification
Context triple: [Jakarta Security, successorOf, Java EE security specification]

A. Java EE
Java EE is a widely used enterprise-grade Java platform specification for building scalable, distributed, and transactional server-side applications.
B. Java EE 6
Java EE 6 is a version of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition that standardizes APIs and services for building and deploying enterprise-level, web-based, and distributed applications in Java.
C. Java EE 5
Java EE 5 is a major version of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition that introduced simplified enterprise development features such as annotations, POJO-based programming, and enhanced web services support for building scalable, distributed applications.
D. Java EE Connector Architecture
Java EE Connector Architecture is a Java-based standard that defines a pluggable, scalable way for enterprise applications to connect to and integrate with heterogeneous back-end information systems.
E. Jakarta EE
Jakarta EE is a set of specifications that extend the Java SE platform for enterprise-level applications, defining standard APIs for building scalable, secure, and portable Java-based enterprise software.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Java EE security specification
Target entity description: The Java EE security specification is the former standard framework within the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition for defining and managing authentication, authorization, and other security mechanisms in enterprise Java applications.

A. Java EE
Java EE is a widely used enterprise-grade Java platform specification for building scalable, distributed, and transactional server-side applications.
B. Java EE 6
Java EE 6 is a version of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition that standardizes APIs and services for building and deploying enterprise-level, web-based, and distributed applications in Java.
C. Java EE 5
Java EE 5 is a major version of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition that introduced simplified enterprise development features such as annotations, POJO-based programming, and enhanced web services support for building scalable, distributed applications.
D. Java EE Connector Architecture
Java EE Connector Architecture is a Java-based standard that defines a pluggable, scalable way for enterprise applications to connect to and integrate with heterogeneous back-end information systems.
E. Jakarta EE
Jakarta EE is a set of specifications that extend the Java SE platform for enterprise-level applications, defining standard APIs for building scalable, secure, and portable Java-based enterprise software.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	software specification ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Java EE Security ⓘ linked to: Java EE security specification Java EE security model ⓘ linked to: Java EE security specification
appliesTo	EJB containers ⓘ linked to: EJB container Java EE application clients ⓘ Java EE web applications ⓘ servlet containers ⓘ
characteristic	container-managed enforcement of security policies ⓘ declarative security via metadata ⓘ support for programmatic security APIs ⓘ
defines	authentication mechanisms for Java EE applications ⓘ authorization mechanisms for Java EE applications ⓘ container-managed security ⓘ declarative security ⓘ deployment descriptor security elements ⓘ identity propagation rules ⓘ programmatic security ⓘ role-based access control ⓘ security constraints ⓘ security context handling ⓘ security roles ⓘ transport-layer security requirements ⓘ
goal	enable portable security behavior across Java EE containers ⓘ provide a standard security model for Java EE ⓘ separate application logic from security configuration ⓘ
governs	access control to EJB methods ⓘ access control to web resources ⓘ login configuration ⓘ security configuration in ejb-jar.xml ⓘ security constraints in web.xml ⓘ security role mapping ⓘ
maintainedBy	Oracle (historically, as steward of Java EE) ⓘ linked to: Oracle Corporation
partOf	Java Platform, Enterprise Edition ⓘ linked to: Java EE
predecessorOf	Jakarta EE security specifications ⓘ linked to: Jakarta EE
relatedTo	Enterprise JavaBeans specification ⓘ linked to: Jakarta Enterprise Beans Java Authentication and Authorization Service ⓘ Java Authorization Contract for Containers ⓘ linked to: Java Authorization Contract for Containers 1.1 Java Secure Socket Extension ⓘ Servlet specification ⓘ
scope	enterprise Java applications ⓘ
standardizedBy	Java Community Process ⓘ
supports	basic authentication ⓘ client certificate authentication ⓘ digest authentication ⓘ form-based authentication ⓘ
uses	annotations for security configuration ⓘ deployment descriptors for security configuration ⓘ

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