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Middleware and Related Services PTF Agenda

OMG Technical Meeting
Leeds, UK

2025-09-15 to 2025-09-19
Timezone: BST (UTC+0100)

Up to date agenda can be found at: https://omg.org/events/2025q3/agendas/MARSPTFCalendar.html

Mon 2025-09-15
10:00-13:00MARS Plenary (AM)
Callin Info: Callin access through meet.goto.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
• Meeting kickoff: Review upcoming week; entertain additions to agenda
Nominal List (to be revised after 4 wk deadline) actual placement (Mon or Thurs) TBD
- Revised submission: Review for adoption
   *  IDL4 to Python Language Mapping
-  Cloud WG Presentations:
   * Std Template for Cloud Service Agreements (CSA):  Review draft RFC
   * Cloud Governance 1.1 DP: Review for publication
   * 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
- Report on MARS specs to submit for inclusion in MSF Metaverse Standards Register

14:00-18:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Tue 2025-09-16
11:00-13:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
14:00-18:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Wed 2025-09-17
10:00-13:00DDS PSIG
Agenda
14:30-18:00CORBA WG (Chair: John Draga)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
14:30-18:00IEF WG (Co-Chairs: Mike Abramson, Alfred Strauch)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Thu 2025-09-18
10:00-13:00MARS Plenary (AM)
Callin Info: Callin access through meet.goto.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
Nominal List to be updated after 4 wk deadline
• Progress Report CORBA 3.5 RTF
• Other topics TBD
Vote to Issue:
• None
Vote to Adopt:
• IDL4 to Python Language Mapping
Vote to Publish:
* Cloud Governance V1.1 DP
* Cloud Interoperability & Portability DP (Rev 4.0)
* Cloud Security V4 DP
* Practical Guide to Cloud Computing V4 DP
Vote to Extend:
• TBD
Other Motions:
• TBD
Meeting Wrap-up
• Vote to approve Draft June 2025 Meeting Minutes
• WG Report-Outs (IDL, CORBA, IEF)
• Plan for next mtng (update roadmap) & other ad hoc topics

14:00-16:00MARS 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.
16:00-17:30Chairs 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 December 2025 (San Francisco)
Subject to Revision 
- Review & Issue
    * Standard Template for Cloud Service Agreement RFC
-  Review revised submission (and adopt?)
   * None
- Review to publish:
  * Data Residency DP (V2)
- IDL, IEF, and CORBA WGs to meet.
- Other Topics TBD

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