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OMG Establishes Model Driven Architecture

Founded in 1989 by 11 companies, the Object Management Group™ (OMG™) began independent operations as a not-for-profit corporation. Through OMG's commitment to developing technically excellent, commercially viable, and vendor-independent specifications for the software industry, the consortium now includes approximately 800 members. OMG is moving forward in establishing the Model Driven Architecture™ (MDA™) through its worldwide standard specifications including CORBA, CORBA/IIOP, UML, XMI, MOF, Object Services, Internet Facilities, and Domain Interface specifications.

OMG MDA™ strives to ensure that mission-critical information systems are rooted in standards that will adapt to new hardware capabilities and software platforms. This initiative addresses the complete life cycle of designing, deploying, integrating, and managing applications as well as data using open standards. MDA-based standards enable organizations to integrate whatever they have in place with whatever they build.

OMG is headquartered in Needham, Mass., with a subsidiary in Japan. The organization has marketing offices in Bahrain, Brazil, Germany, India, and the U.K., along with a government representative in Washington, D.C.

OMG was formed to create a component-based software marketplace by accelerating the introduction of standardized object software. The organization's charter includes the establishment of industry guidelines and detailed object management specifications to provide a common framework for application development.

Hundreds of member companies have chosen OMG's Internet protocol IIOP (Internet Inter-ORB Protocol). Vertical markets worldwide use OMG specifications to develop and deploy distributed applications. These markets include manufacturing, finance, telecom, electronic commerce, real-time systems, and healthcare.

OMG is structured into three major bodies: the Platform Technology Committee (PTC), the Domain Technology Committee (DTC), and the Architectural Board. Within the technology committees and Architectural Board rest all the task forces, special-interest groups, and working groups that drive the OMG's technology adoption process.

For more information, visit www.omg.org.

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