Middleware and Related Services PTF Agenda

OMG Technical Meeting
Denver, CO

2025-06-09 to 2025-06-13
Timezone: MDT (UTC-0600)

Up to date agenda can be found at: https://omg.org/events/2025q2/agendas/MARSPTFCalendar.html

Mon 2025-06-09 (MARS Plenary (AM))
Callin Info: Callin access through meet.goto.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
09:00-09:15Meeting Week Kick-off
Meeting week kick off, running through and potentially updating the agenda.
Break Schedule:
10:15-10:30 (MonAM); 10:00-10:15 (ThuAM)
Note: Times are listed in the MDT time zone (UTC-6).
09:15-10:15IEF Reference Architecture (RA) 2.0 RFC: Review comments prior to adoption
Presenter: MIke Abramson (ASMG)
Issued RFC: mars/25-03-04 (WIP); Comments: rfc-com/25-05-01
10:30-10:45IDL4 to Python Language Mapping: Status update on revised submission
Presenter: Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(ZettaScale, OIS, Rocket Software, TwinOaks)
Issued RFP: mars/21-09-20 (WIP)
10:45-11:00TCP/IP PSM for DDS Interoperability: Status update on revised submission
Presenter: Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(TwinOaks, Rocket Software, ZettaScale)
Issued RFP: mars/17-09-24 (WIP)
11:00-12:00Cloud WG Presentations: Review Draft RFC & Discussion Papers (DPs)
Presenter:  Claude Baudoin (Cébé)
* Cloud Service Agreement (CSA) Standard Template RFC: Review Draft 
* Cloud Interoperability & Portability DP (Rev 4.0): Review for publication
* Cloud Security V4 DP:  Review for publication
* Practical Guide to Cloud Computing V4 DP: Review for publication
Note: When known, will add doc#s and start times.  If appropriate, will break out into separate agenda items.
13:00-17:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Tue 2025-06-10
10:00-12:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
13:00-17:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Wed 2025-06-11
09:00-12:00DDS PSIG
Agenda
13:30-17:00CORBA WG (Chair: John Draga)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
13:30-17:00FACE Interop WG (Co-Chairs: Daniel Herring, John Draga)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Note:  FACE Interop WG meets with CORBA WG during the same time period in the same room with start/stop time for each WG meeting adjusted as needed.
13:30-17:00IEF WG (Co-Chairs: Mike Abramson, Alfred Strauch)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Thu 2025-06-12 (MARS Plenary (AM))
Callin Info: Callin access through meet.goto.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
09:00-09:45Spare
Time slot available to be filled.
09:45-10:00CORBA 3.5 RTF: Progress Report
Presenters: Chuck Abbott (OIS) / John Draga (Rocket Software)
WIP Page
10:15-11:00Motions to Issue, Extend, or Adopt
10:15:  Vote to Adopt
 IEF RA 2.0 RFC - Mike Abramson (ASMG); Issued RFC: mars/25-03-04  (WIP) [TFQ=xx]
10:30:  Vote to Publish
* Cloud Interoperability & Portability DP (Rev 4.0) - Claude Baudoin (Cébé) ; Draft DP: cwg/25-06-xx [TFQ=xx]
* Cloud Security V4 DP - Claude Baudoin (Cébé); Draft DP: cwg/25-06-xx [TFQ=xx]
* Practical Guide to Cloud Computing V4 DP - Claude Baudoin (Cébé); Draft DP: cwg/25-06-xx [TFQ=xx]
10:45:  Vote to Extend
* IDL4 to Python Language Mapping - Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(ZettaScale, OIS, Micro Focus, Twin Oaks); Issued RFP: mars/21-09-20 [VLQ=3]
* TCP/IP PSM for DDS Interoperability - Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(TwinOaks, Rocket Software, ZettaScale); Issued RFP: mars/17-09-24 [VLQ=3]
11:00-12:00Meeting Wrap-up
11:00 - Vote to approve Draft 4Q 2024 Meeting Minutes (mars/25-13-01) [TFQ=xx]
11:10 - WG Report-Outs (CORBA/FACE Interop, IDL, IEF) 
11:40 - Plan for next mtng (update roadmap**) & other ad hoc topics
**As of March 2025 meeting
13:00-15:00MARS Overflow
Time reserved and room available to handle work items generated during the week that dont need to be conducted in MARS plenary or discussions continued from presentations earlier in the week.
15:00-16:30Chairs Planning/Agenda Coordination
Time for MARS Chairs to work on Friday PTC report. Also available to coordinate the MARS agenda with other TFs and SIGs and vice-versa.


General notes:
Acronym Supplement
AI:  Artificial Intelligence
CORBA:  Common Object Request Broker Architecture (https://www.corba.org/)
DIDO:  Distributed Immutable Data Object
DP:  Discussion Paper
ERMA: Enterprise Resource Metadata Attributions
FACE:  Future Airborne Capability Environment Consortium, managed by the Open Group (https://www.opengroup.org/face)  
IEF:  Information Exchange Framework
MM:  Meeting Minutes 
MRF:  Machine Readable File
TFQ:  Task Force Quorum (for issuing documents or process votes before voting list closed)
VLQ:  Voting List Quorum (for process votes after the voting list closes)
Specific to this Agenda or not available at the OMG site
Plans for September 2025 (Leeds, UK)
Subject to Revision 
-  Review to issue
    * Standard Template for Cloud Service Agreement RFC
-  Review revised submission (and adopt?)
   * Enterprise Resource Metadata Attributions (ERMA)
- Review to publish:
  * Cloud Governance DP (V1.1)
- IDL, IEF, and CORBA/FACEInterop WGs to meet.
- Other Topics TBD

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