OMG Announces Data Distribution Service and SoaML Finalized Plus Six Additional Specifications Adopted; Three New Processes Open for Participation

NEEDHAM, Mass., April 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- OMG™ members met in Jacksonville, FL the week of March 22-26, 2010, sponsored by No Magic, Sparx Systems and Real Time Innovations. At this meeting, the OMG Board of Directors voted to approve eight specifications and members began work on three new standards processes. These processes are now open for comment and participation.

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New Specifications Adopted

• Data Distribution Service (DDS) for CORBA^® Component Model FTF Report
• SoaML FTF Report
• Decision Support Service Submission
• MOF Facility and Object Lifecycle FTF 2 Report
• CORBA Bindings for WSDL FTF Report
• Query / Views / Transformation (QVT) 1.1 RTF report
• UML 2.3 RTF Report
• Ground Equipment Management Service (GEMS) 1.1 RTF Report

Visit the OMG specification catalog online to download adopted specifications.

New Processes Initiated

Rich Internet Application (RIA) Component Interoperability RFI

The goal of this proposed specification is to promote industry consensus on the importance of component interoperability between diverse RIA platforms.

Argumentation Metamodel (ARM) Request for Comments

This specification will define a metamodel for representing structured arguments.

Requirements Interchange Format (ReqIF) Request for Comments

The goal is to achieve collaborative requirements management where requirements management does not stop at company borders.

Non-members may download information on any Request process from http://www.omg.org/public_schedule. For more information on any process, send an email to [email protected].

Next Meeting; Links to Additional Information

OMG members will meet next in Minneapolis, MN during the week of June 21-25, 2010 sponsored by No Magic, Inc., Sparx Systems and Real Time Innovations. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact Ken Berk at [email protected] or +1-781-444 0404.

Interested non-members may attend OMG Technical Meetings as observers; for an invitation see http://www.omg.org/tcguest. Members may register for the meeting at http://www.omg.org/registration. All OMG specifications may be downloaded free of charge from http://www.omg.org/specifications.

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Contact:

Stephanie Covert

OMG

+1-843-737 0637

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