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Contact:
Nancy
Lenehan
Object Management Group
+1-781-444
0404 ext. 142
pr@omg.org
OMG
pursues new strategic direction to build on success of past efforts:
Model
Driven Architecture ™
Needham, MA, USA – March 8, 2001
– Last week, the Object Management Group’s member representatives
voted to endorse the Model Driven Architecture ™ (MDA™) as the
group’s architectural direction, expanding the scope of the standards
produced by the international not-for-profit software consortium. In
response to the growing and ever present challenge of enterprise
interoperability, the MDA offers a full-lifecycle approach to
solving the problems
of developing, deploying, and integrating existing distributed systems
with emerging technology, assembling virtual enterprises that span
multiple companies, and implementing business intelligence
solutions and enterprise information portals in a multi-vendor
environment.
MDA
specifications are based on a platform-independent model of an
application’s business functions. Implementations of this core model on
different platforms interoperate easily, enabling the modern enterprise to
integrate its many departments and diverse functions across platform
boundaries. The architecture extends software ROI by facilitating
portability of applications and facilities not only among existing
platforms, but also to new platforms as they emerge. OMG member companies
in industries such as healthcare, manufacturing, transportation, and
others already regard MDA as an ideal architecture for the definition of
domain standards: its platform-independence allows each enterprise to
adopt the standard on its established middleware platform without
sacrificing interoperability, while the stability of the core model
ensures that standards remain valid even as new platforms emerge.
MDA
builds upon OMG’s established modeling standards: the Unified Modeling
Language™ (UML); Meta-Object Facility ™ (MOF); XMI Metadata
Interchange™ (XMI), and Common Warehouse Meta-model™ (CWM). It also
leverages OMG’s established and widely deployed CORBA platform, its
support for enterprise services such as security and transactions, and its
many industry-specific standards. Platform-independent application
descriptions built using OMG modeling standards can already be realized on
any major open or proprietary platform including CORBA, Java/EJB, .NET,
XML/SOAP, and Web-based middleware. MDA builds on this capability, and all
of these platforms are likely target platforms for the MDA.
Model
Driven Architecture promises:
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Rapid,
natural development of cross-platform interoperability solutions
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Ease
of portability to other middleware platform
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Industry
standard facilities available on every domain’s preferred platform
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Improved
productivity when using multiple middleware platforms
Benefits
include:
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Reduced
cost throughout the application life-cycle
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Reduced
development time for new applications
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Improved
application quality
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Increased
return on technology investments
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Rapid
inclusion of emerging technology into existing systems
“From
its beginnings in 1989, the Object Management Group has focused on
creating a truly interoperable and integrated computing environment. Now
is the time to move integration to the next level.
To provide the kind of integration that today’s corporate
computing environment requires, the OMG proposes to move standardization
upward from portable application implementation to portable application design. This is Model Driven Architecture,” said Richard Soley,
Chairman and CEO of the OMG.
MDA
brings the benefits of OMG’s standardization activities to new
middleware platforms, and has generated much discussion and excitement
across the software industry. To see quotes from a wide spectrum of IT
suppliers and users, and more information about the MDA, please visit www.omg.org/mda.
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About
The OMG
With
the support of its membership of software vendors, software developers and
end users, the OMG’s CORBA is “The Middleware That’s Everywhere™.”
Since 1989, the OMG has been “Setting The Standards For
Distributed Computing™” through its mission to promote the theory and
practice of object technology for the development of distributed computing
systems. The goal is to
provide a common architectural framework for object-oriented applications
based on widely available interface specifications.
The OMG is headquartered in Needham, MA, USA, with an office in
Tokyo, Japan as well as international marketing offices in Bahrain,
Germany, India, and the UK, along with a U.S. government representative in
Washington, DC, USA. The
OMG is also a major sponsor of the Integrate 2001 trade show and
conference, which will be held September 19-21, 2001 in New York City, NY,
USA.
For
information on joining the OMG or additional information, please contact
OMG headquarters by phone at +1-781-444 0404, by fax at +1-781-444 0320,
or by email at info@omg.org.
The OMG provides current information and services for
Distributed Object Computing through The Information Brokerage® on the
World Wide Web at www.omg.org and at www.corba.org. Information about OMG Japan can be found at www.omgj.org.
CORBA®, The
Information Brokerage®, CORBA Academy®, IIOP® and the Object Management
Group logo® are registered trademarks of the Object Management Group. OMG™,
Object Management Group™, the CORBA Logo™, “The Middleware That’s
Everywhere™” , the CORBA
Academy logo™, XMI™, MOF™, CWM™, OMG Interface Definition Language™,
IDL™, CORBAservices™, CORBAfacilities™, CORBAmed™, CORBAnet™,
UML™, the UML Cube Logo, “We're Known By The Companies We Connect™”,
Model Driven Architecture™, MDA™, OMG Model Driven Architecture™,
OMG MDA™, “The Architecture of Choice for a Changing World™”
and Unified Modeling
Language™ are trademarks of the Object Management Group.
All other products or company names mentioned are used for
identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective
owners.
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