OMG Announces Availability of Whitepaper Developed Jointly with The Open Group and the Integration Consortium

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OMG Announces Availability of Whitepaper Developed Jointly
with The Open Group and the Integration Consortium
TOGAF/MDA Mapping Paper is now available online

Needham, MA, USA - September 20, 2005 - The Object Management Group™ (OMG™), The Open Group and the Integration Consortium are pleased to announce the availability of the jointly-developed whitepaper: "TOGAF/MDA Mapping." This whitepaper extends the synergy between OMG's Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®) and The Open Group's TOGAF Architecture Development Method (TOGAF ADM.) The paper is one of a series of joint deliverables expected to provide a seamless architecture modeling methodology, grounded in standard-based practices that spans all layers of architecture planning and development, from the highest level business modeling to the most detailed systems specifications.

MDA is a standards-based approach to system development, which increases the power of models. An MDA approach starts with the well-known and long established idea of separating the specification of the business functionality of a system from the details of the way that system uses the capabilities of its underlying platform technology to achieve that functionality. An MDA approach is independent of development methodologies as well as technology.

Complementary to MDA is TOGAF ADM, which explains how to derive an organization-specific enterprise architecture that addresses business requirements. TOGAF ADM provides a reliable, proven way of developing an architecture; architecture views which enable an architect to ensure that a complex set of requirements are adequately addressed; linkages to practical case studies; and guidelines on tools for architecture development.

The Integration Consortium is providing validation of the synergistic technical assertions being developed throughout this joint project by developing and applying test cases derived from its members.

This whitepaper is presented in three parts:

Part I: Introduction - An overview of project activity and a generic mapping between TOGAF ADM and MDA
Part II: Specific Mappings between TOGAF ADM and MDA Standards
Part III: A summary of applicable and either existing or future MDA standards.

The paper is available at either http://www.opengroup.org/architecture/wp or http://doc.omg.org/omg/2005-08-01.

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About The OMG
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. 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. Headquartered in Needham, MA, USA, the Object Management Group is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry specifications consortium. More information about OMG can be found at www.omg.org.

About The Open Group
The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, which drives the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow™ that will enable access to integrated information within and between enterprises based on open standards and global interoperability. The Open Group works with customers, suppliers, consortia and other standard bodies. Its role is to capture, understand and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies and share best practices; to facilitate interoperability, develop consensus, and evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies; to offer a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia; and to operate the industry's premier certification service. Further information on The Open Group can be found at http://www.opengroup.org.

About the Integration Consortium
The Integration Consortium is a non-profit, leading industry body responsible for influencing the direction of the integration industry. Our members champion Integration Acumen by establishing standards, guidelines, best practices, research and the articulation of strategic and measurable business benefits. The Integration Consortium's motto is "Forging Integration Value."

The mission of the member-driven Integration Consortium is to establish universal seamless integration, which engages industry stakeholders from the business & technology community.

Among the sectors represented in the Integration Consortium membership are end user corporations, independent software vendors (ISVs), hardware vendors, system integrators, academic institutions, non-profit institutions and individual members, as well as various industry leaders. Information on the Integration Consortium is available at www.integrationconsortium.org or by sending an e-mail to information@integrationconsortium.org.

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