UML 2.0 Superstructure and Other Key Votes to Take Place at OMG Technical Meeting in Paris June 2-6, 2003.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 29, 2003

Members of the Object Management Group(TM) (OMG(TM)) will meet in Paris, France the week of June 2 through 6, 2003, at a meeting sponsored by Compuware Corporation (www.compuware.com), THALES (www.thalesgroup.com), and Sun Microsystems (www.sun.com). At the meeting, OMG's Analysis and Design Platform Task Force will vote to recommend an upgrade of the MetaObject Facility(TM) (MOF(TM)) core and XMI(R) 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(TM) (UML(TM)) 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(R) (MDA(R)), members will evaluate a proposed UML profile for the CORBA(R) 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 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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With well-established standards covering software from design and development, through deployment and maintenance, and extending to evolution to future platforms, the Object Management Group (OMG) supports a full-lifecycle approach to enterprise integration which maximizes ROI, the key to successful IT. Based on the Model Driven Architecture (MDA), OMG's standards cover multiple operating systems, programming languages, middleware and networking infrastructures, and software development environments. OMG's Modeling standards, the basis for the MDA, include the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM). CORBA, the Common Object Request Broker Architecture, is OMG's standard open platform with hundreds of millions of deployments running today. OMG's well-established CORBAservices and industry-specific standards are being re-issued under the MDA in many popular middleware environments. OMG domain (industry-specific) standards cover vertical markets including healthcare, telecommunications, biotechnology, transportation and a dozen other areas. The OMG is headquartered in Needham, MA, USA, with a U.S. government representative in Washington, DC, and international marketing representatives in Japan, the UK, and Germany.

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