At its regular-scheduled technical meeting, the Object Management Group (OMG) voted to adopt five specifications:
Business Process Definition Metamodel (BPDM). This metamodel defines an abstract language for specification of executable business processes that execute within an enterprise (with or without human involvement).
Combat Management Systems (CMS) Application Management. This proposal specifies a standard for Application Management and System Monitoring in CMS systems, consisting of a service part and a data model part.
Enhanced View of Time. This is a revised and upgraded version of the Enhanced View of Time specification.
Model-Level Test and Debug. This proposal defines a Test Instrumentation Interface that allows testing and debugging of PIMs, PSMs, and their resulting implementations at the model level.
Product Lifecycle Management Services 2.0. This revision comprises two extensions to the existing standard: the Computational PIM and PSM for cross company communication of an engineering change request (ECR) and the Informational PIM to support the scope defined by industry standards.
All OMG specifications can be downloaded free of charge.
Additionally, the organization moved other specifications ahead, which means they will be recommended to the OMG Board of Directors for adoption:
Business Process Maturity Model (BPMM). A BPMM describes an evolutionary improvement path that guides organizations in moving from immature, inconsistent processes to mature, disciplined processes.
Lightweight Load Balancing Service, A Load Balancing Service is a CORBA service that distributes incoming requests across a set of server replicas.
UML Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM). This proposed specification defines a UML Profile for the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF).
UML Profile for Modeling and Analysis of Realtime and Embedded Systems (MARTE). This proposed specification defines a UML profile that adds capabilities for modeling Real Time and Embedded Systems (RTES), and for analyzing schedulability and performance properties of UML specifications.
The next meeting for OMG members will be in Jacksonville, Florida, during the week of September 24-28, 2007.
