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                     <div class="sect1">
 <h2 id="index">Getting Started<a id="Getting_Started"></a></h2>
 <div class="sectionbody">
-
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>Using JDO requires several components that work together:</p>
+</div>
+<div class="ulist">
+<ul>
+<li>
+<p>a database that stores your data persistently</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>an application that operates through the JDO layers on the database</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>a JDO implementation that provides the implementation of the JDO APIs</p>
+</li>
+<li>
+<p>Java classes (object model) that provide the application view of the data</p>
+</li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>A good place to start is to define your object model. This is the collection
+of Java classes that you use to represent the persistent data in your
+database. Some JDO implementations allow you to create your database schema
+from your object model. Or you might already have a database and database
+schema that you can use to derive the object model.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>You will also need to define Java classes that implement the application
+that operates on the object model. The application is responsible for
+using the JDO implementation classes to define the application view of
+PersistenceManagerFactory and PersistenceManager.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>Next, choose a JDO implementation. You can get information
+on JDO implementations <a href="impls.html">here</a>. Some factors to consider when choosing
+a JDO implementation is what databases they support, what Java version
+they support, and whether they provide tools to create database schema from
+an object model or create an object model from the database schema.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>Some JDO implementations also package the JDO interfaces as a separate
+jar file, so there may be no need to download the JDO interfaces from this
+site.</p>
+</div>
+<div class="paragraph">
+<p>More information on how to proceed can be found on your JDO implementation site.</p>
+</div>
 </div>
 </div>
                 </div>