The Eclipse Foundation on Tuesday released Eclipse Data Tools Platform (DTP) 1.0, which is an open source project featuring frameworks and tools for developing data-centric applications in the Eclipse environment, Eclipse said. Developers with DTP 1.0 can leverage existing data sources, such as enterprise databases, with the Eclipse Platform. "DTP 1.0 provides a rich set of frameworks that solve real-world issue The Eclipse Foundation on Tuesday released Eclipse Data Tools Platform (DTP) 1.0, which is an open source project featuring frameworks and tools for developing data-centric applications in the Eclipse environment, Eclipse said.Developers with DTP 1.0 can leverage existing data sources, such as enterprise databases, with the Eclipse Platform. “DTP 1.0 provides a rich set of frameworks that solve real-world issues related to the development of data-centric applications,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation, in a statement released by Eclipse. “The growth and momentum of the Eclipse data tooling platform project has resulted from the efforts of committers from the Eclipse community, including many from Sybase, IBM and Actuate.” DTP 1.0 simplifies development of data-centric applications in heterogeneous environments by offing agile development tools. It features components for model-driven development and connection management as well as a data access framework and SQL development tools. Technology Industry