▁components : ▁a ▁visual ▁report ▁designer ▁within ▁the ▁Eclipse ▁IDE ▁for ▁creating ▁B IR T ▁Re ports , ▁and ▁a ▁runtime ▁component ▁for ▁generating ▁reports ▁that ▁can ▁be ▁deployed ▁to ▁any ▁Java ▁environment . ▁The ▁B IR T ▁project ▁also ▁includes ▁a ▁chart ing ▁engine ▁that ▁is ▁both ▁fully ▁integrated ▁into ▁the ▁report ▁designer ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁used ▁stand alone ▁to ▁integrate ▁charts ▁into ▁an ▁application . ▁ ▁B IR T ▁Report ▁designs ▁are ▁pers isted ▁as ▁XML ▁and ▁can ▁access ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁different ▁data ▁sources ▁including ▁J DO ▁dat ast ores , ▁J Fire ▁Script ing ▁Object s , ▁PO J Os , ▁SQL ▁databases , ▁Web ▁Services ▁and ▁XML . ▁ ▁History ▁▁ ▁The ▁B IR T ▁project ▁was ▁first ▁proposed ▁and ▁spons ored ▁by ▁Act uate ▁Corporation ▁when ▁Act uate ▁joined ▁the ▁Eclipse ▁Foundation ▁as ▁a ▁Str ateg ic ▁Develop er ▁on ▁August ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁The ▁project ▁was ▁subsequently ▁approved ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁top - level ▁project ▁within ▁the ▁Eclipse ▁community ▁on ▁October ▁ 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁The ▁project ▁contrib utor ▁community ▁includes ▁IBM , ▁and ▁In nov ent ▁Sol utions . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁IBM ' s ▁T iv oli ▁Division ▁adopted ▁B IR T ▁as ▁the ▁infrastr ucture ▁for ▁its ▁T iv oli ▁Common ▁Report ing ▁( TC R ) ▁product . ▁T CR ▁produces ▁historical ▁reports ▁on ▁T iv oli - managed ▁IT ▁resources ▁and ▁processes . ▁ ▁The ▁initial