This page contains links to materials documenting the progress of the place project at jini.org, which aims to provide a framework that helps people (not software) to find and use Jini services on the network. This material represents the current best amalgamation of the ideas contributed by all the people who are participating in the place project. All comments are welcome and should be e-mailed to discuss@place.jini.org.

To participate in, or just keep track of, the development of the Place API, including definition of well-known interfaces and classes, join a mailing list for the place project at jini.org.

Some articles by Bill Venners:

• Place API Design Review with the Jini Team - a summary of a design review of the Place API at Sun Burlington on March 8, 2001.
• A Walk Through Cyberspace - the original article (December 1999) that gives described the ideas behind the cyberspace project.
• First Steps in Cyberspace - A description of the demo given at the Jini Community meeting on Monday, June 5, 2000.
• Object vs. Document, Part III - Compares releative merits of using objects and documents to deliver services to users.
• The Montage Browser and Cyberspace Demo - A description of the Montage browser released on January 30, 2001.

Other resources:

• The javadoc pages of an early incarnation of the next version (v0.4) of the Place API.
• The Place API Draft Specification.
• The source and binary files for v0.3 of the Place API, Montage browser, and BasicPlace service are now released under the Sun Community Source License (SCSL).
• The javadoc pages of the latest version (v0.3) of the Place API (download).
• See the Jini duck at the Graphical Greetings from Groningen.

Here are the first Jini services on the internet:

• Artima Home Place
• Jini Corner Place
• Java Corner Place
• Object Design Corner Place
• JVM Corner Place
• Artima Calculator
• Artima ColorSchemer

To run the above services, you need to use the Montage browser.

The following information is now out of date, but is left for those who like to dig around to get an historical perspective:

• A previous incarnation of the Draft Specification.
• You can download a previous incarnation (v 0.11) of the Place API code.
• Javadoc of version 0.12 of the Place API
• Javadoc of version 0.11 of the Place API
• Javadoc of the Cyberspace Demo
• A description of BasicPlace, a Place service used in the Cyberspace demo
• A Java application that can create .serviceui files for BasicPlace services.
• The Cyberspace Console, a Java application that was responsible for launching resources on behalf of the plug-in and Place services in the Cyberspace demo.
• The Object Launcher, a Java application that served as host for Jini services and service UIs in the Cyberspace demo.
• You can also download the code and plug-in for the Cyberspace Demo.

Here's a Proposal for a URLName Entry, which would give a fourth component to the already existing jini: URL.

On October 7, 2000, Berco Beute put up the first Jini Place service in Europe:

• Berco's Place