There is a discussion on the next version of batch spec (the continuation of JSR-352) in Eclipse Jakarta EE:

[jakarta.ee-community] "Eclipse Project for Java Batch" project proposal

The official proposal page is:

Eclipse Project for Java Batch | projects.eclipse.org

As stated in the above email discussion, the Eclipse Jakarta EE community is trying to develop this new batch processing standard in the open and transparently.  So I would like to encourage JBeret and batch application developers and users to participate in this process.  Whether you have wish-list for the new spec, fixes, clarification and improvements over the exisrting JSR-352 spec, or standardization of varying implementations across different vendor products, now it's your chance to speak up.