15 October 1997

Dear Reader,

Thank you for your interest in the Java Card 2.0 specification. 
We are pleased to deliver you the release of this exciting 
technology.

We have created a mailing address which can be used to contact
the Java Card 2.0 engineering team. If you wish to send comments
or contact members of the engineering team, please address your
email to:

   javacard@java.sun.com

Several of our key Java Card development personnel will be
monitoring all messages sent to this address in order that we
may respond to your questions in as timely a manner as possible.

The documents have been published in both Adobe Acrobat '.pdf'
format and Postscript '.ps' files, complying with the requests
by many interested parties for Acrobat Reader compatible files.
We have included an overview below of the documents and their
contents to assist you as you start to explore Java Card v2.0.
To allow for efficient downloading, the two different file
formats along with this READ-ME file have been bundled into ZIP
archives: <JC20final-pdf.zip> contains Acrobat files and
<JC20final-ps.zip> contains Postscript files.

We would like to extend a word of thanks and recognition to the
Java Card licensees and review participants for their
enthusiastic collaboration which has brought the Java Card 2.0 
specification to completion.

Sincerely,

Godfrey DiGiorgi
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - JavaSoft Division
OEM Licensee Engineering, Java Card Specialist
godfrey.digiorgi@eng.sun.com

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      Java Card 2.0 Specification Documents: Overview
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Introduction
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The Java Card 2.0 specification consists of several documents.
This document describes them. Changes since the last release of
the specification and forthcoming material are also described
here.

Java Card 2.0 Documents
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The Java Card 2.0 specification consists of the following documents:

Java Card 2.0 Language Subset and Virtual Machine Specification
  Describes the Java Card subset of the standard Java
  language and virtual machine.

Java Card 2.0 Application Programming Interfaces
  Describes the core and extension packages of the API in
  javadoc format.

Java Card 2.0 Programming Concepts
  Provides examples, class hierarchy, and system design
  notes for Java Card 2.0 applet developers. 

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Changes Since the Last Release
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The following changes have been made since the public release draft 
on September 03, 1997:

1) The "Java Card 2.0 Programmers Guide" has been renamed "Java
   Card 2.0 Programming Concepts".

2) The "Java Card 2.0 Application Programming Interfaces"
   document has been included in both 2-up and portrait versions to
   allow more flexibility in printing and on-line viewing
   documentation reference.

All three documents have been revised substantially, reflecting
the review input collected during the public draft review
process.

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