This document provides an overview of the JCR 2.0 specification and the benefits it provides for developing Web 2.0 applications. It discusses how JCR 2.0 improves on version 1.0 with features like query extensions with JOIN support, improved access control and retention policies, simplified versioning, and new property and node types. It also introduces the CRX content repository platform for implementing JCR 2.0 and highlights how standards like JCR can lower costs by increasing adoption.