Java EE security specification
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Java EE Security API | 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]
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A.
Java EE
Java EE is a widely used enterprise-grade Java platform specification for building scalable, distributed, and transactional server-side applications.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A.
Java EE
Java EE is a widely used enterprise-grade Java platform specification for building scalable, distributed, and transactional server-side applications.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Java EE security model NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
EJB containers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Java EE application clients NERFINISHED ⓘ 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
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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) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Java Platform, Enterprise Edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Jakarta EE security specifications NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Enterprise JavaBeans specification
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Java Authentication and Authorization Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Java Authorization Contract for Containers NERFINISHED ⓘ Java Secure Socket Extension NERFINISHED ⓘ Servlet specification ⓘ |
| scope | enterprise Java applications ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Java Community Process NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
basic authentication
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client certificate authentication ⓘ digest authentication ⓘ form-based authentication ⓘ |
| uses |
annotations for security configuration
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deployment descriptors for security configuration ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Java EE security specification Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Java EE Security API