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Java Persistence API is a new architecture and standard API, that can be use for the management of persistence and O2R-Mapping. This API is part of the Java EE platform. But sometimes I have the feeling to work with the Hibernate ORM framework.
For more information about JPA take a look at this URLs:
http://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/final/jsr220/index.html
https://glassfish.dev.java.net/javaee5/docs/DocsIndex.html
http://www.hibernate.org/397.html
http://www.eclipse.org/dali
http://schuchert.wikispaces.com/EJB+3+and+Java+Persistence+API
http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/gupta-jpa.html
http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.0.x/reference/orm.html#orm-jpa
http://e-docs.bea.com/kodo/docs40/full/html/ejb3_overview.html
http://incubator.apache.org/openjpa/docs/latest/manual/manual.html#jpa_overview_why

The big AppServ provider WebLogic with it brand new WebLogic Server 10.0 had passed the Compatibility Test Suite (CTS) of Java Sun and is now certified against the Java EE 5 CTS. In this new release, OpenJPA with the Apache License plays a important role as a default JPA persistence provider. If you want to more about the new release, check this site from edocs.bea.com