Special Features:
KEY VOTES TO TAKE PLACE AT OMG
TECHNICAL MEETING IN PARIS
Members of the Object Management Group (OMG) will meet in Paris, France the
week of June 2 through 6, 2003, at a meeting sponsored by Compuware
Corporation, THALES, and Sun Microsystems. At the meeting, OMG's Analysis and
Design Platform Task Force will vote to recommend an upgrade of the MetaObject
Facility (MOF) core and XMI mapping specifications to Version 2.0, and will
evaluate draft specifications for a MOF 2.0 Facility and Object Lifecycle
service. The task force will also recommend adoption of the Unified Modeling
Language (UML) 2.0 Superstructure specification, completing the upgrade of the
widely used and universally recognized modeling language to Version 2.0.
Augmenting the Model Driven Architecture (MDA), members will evaluate a
proposed UML profile for the CORBA Component Model.
In Paris, a group of OMG members will also start work on a new standard for
model-based legacy transformation based on UML and MDA. Transformation of
legacy systems preserves their functionality when the technology they were
built on becomes obsolete. The transformation product will have a lifetime of
decades rather than years, maximizing ROI. Following a day of presentations
and discussion, members will draft the requirements document for the new
standard. Companies working in the legacy systems area are welcome to join OMG
and participate; for information contact OMG.
New Infrastructure Specifications
OMG's Middleware and Related Services Platform Task Force standardizes the
infrastructure for distributed computing, frequently working with other task
forces specializing in Telecommunications, Real-time, Embedded, and
Specialized Systems. In Paris, these groups are scheduled to vote on a number
of new standards. Two of these map the J-Consortium and JCP Real-time Java
specifications to Real-time CORBA; additional Real-time standards define an
extensible network transport framework and a lightweight component model. A
mapping of the CORBA GIOP protocol to SCTP will serve the telecommunications
industry, and an update of the SECP protocol to version 1.1 will enhance CORBA
security. A mapping of WSDL/SOAP to CORBA will complement the interoperability
provided by the CORBA to WSDL/SOAP mapping, and a final new standard will
specify deployment and configuration of CORBA components.
Work on two new component specifications will start in Paris: One will
define
stream-based component communication pathways, serving not only
telecommunications but also medical, industrial, military, and a variety of
similar systems. The other new specification will allow components to provide
the response-time and other quality-of-service guarantees necessary to serve
in distributed real-time networks.
New Domain Specifications
OMG's Domain Task Forces adopt specifications for enterprise architecture
and
in vertical markets. In Paris, the Business Enterprise Integration DTF will
complete work on a specification for software portfolio management and
initiate an effort standardizing business semantics of business rules, and the
Life Science Research DTF will start work on a standard representation for
Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, a key concept in disease and drug
effectiveness research.
CORBA in Action on June 4, 2003
CORBA in Action is a one-day seminar that will focus on CORBA applications
today, and the ROI benefits for companies that deploy them. Following a
keynote by OMG Chairman and CEO Dr. Richard Soley, presentations will cover
the CORBA and CORBA Component architectures, and detail case studies of recent
implementations. All are welcome to attend. For information, see
www.omg.org/corba_in_action.htm.
Tutorials and Product Demonstrations
OMG staff and members will present a number of tutorials during the meeting
week, covering OMG's Model Driven Architecture and other specifications. For
details, see
www.omg.org/news/meetings/tc/agendas.htm.
A technology demonstration area will feature demonstrations of
OMG-compliant
products from many vendors.
Links to Meeting Information
This meeting description is based on preliminary information. OMG Task
Forces
will finalize their agendas for the meeting during the week of May 19th and
post them at
www.omg.org/news/meetings/tc/agendas.htm.
OMG's home page is http://www.omg.org.
The
meeting schedule,
and
links to
agendas and registration for members appear at
www.omg.org/registration/registration-tc.htm, and for
guests
at
www.omg.org/news/meetings/tc/guest.htm. Information about
the MDA is
collected at www.omg.org/mda. All
OMG specifications may be
downloaded
free of charge from
www.omg.org/technology/documents/specifications.htm.
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