Middleware and Related Services PTF Agenda

OMG Technical Meeting
San Francisco, CA

2025-12-08 to 2025-12-12
Timezone: PST (UTC-0800)

Up to date agenda can be found at: https://omg.org/events/2025q4/agendas/MARSPTFCalendar.html

Additional information can be found at: https://omg.org/events/2025q4/agendas-temp/MARSPTFCalendar-aux.pdf

Mon 2025-12-08 (MARS Plenary)
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:
10:00-10:15 (MonAM); 10:00-10:15 (ThuAM)
Note: Times are listed in the PST time zone (UTC-8).
09:15-10:00Generic IDL4 Compiler Demo
Presenter: Idar Carlsen (Kongsberg)
Note: replaced canceled presentation by Claude Baudoin on Template for CSAs Draft RFC.  Discussion on topic continued after 11:15.
10:15-11:15Open AR Cloud (OARC) Spatial DDS: Introduction
Presenter:  James Jackson (OARC)
After introduction to this technology, discuss opportunities for standardization
Invited to join: DDSPSIG, 
11:15-12:00Spare
Time slot available to be filled.
13:00-14:00Unified Modeling Language (UML) Text Syntax: Review proposed RFP
Presenter:  Roy Bell (Thematix)
Initial Draft RFP: mars/25-11-01 
Proposal to extend IDL4 to support generation of UML models

Invited to join: IDLWG, 
Tue 2025-12-09
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 2025-12-10
09:00-12:00DDS PSIG
Agenda
13:30-17:00CORBA WG (Chair: John Draga)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Thu 2025-12-11 (MARS Plenary)
Callin Info: Callin access through meet.goto.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
09:00-09:30Metaverse Standards Directory: Report
Presenters: John Draga & Matteo Vescovi (Rocket Software)
Report on which MARS standards may be applicable to the Metaverse Standards Registry, an effort underway in the Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF).
09:30-10:00CORBA 3.5 RTF: Progress Report
Presenters: Chuck Abbott (OIS) / John Draga (Rocket Software)
WIP Page
10:15-11:15IDL4 to Rust Language Mapping draft RFP: Review initial Draft
Presenter:  Fernando Garcia (RTI)
11:15-12:00Meeting Wrap-up
11:15 - Vote to approve Draft 3Q 2025 Meeting Minutes (mars/25-09-01) [TFQ=3]
11:25 - WG Report-Outs (CORBA, IDL) 
11: - Plan for next mtng (update roadmap**) & other ad hoc topics
**As of September 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.


Other items for your consideration:
Tue 2025-12-09
13:30-15:00AB Process SC
Agenda
15:30-16:30SMSC
Agenda
16:30-17:30Liaison SC
Agenda
Thu 2025-12-11
08:00-09:00Cloud WG
Agenda


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
MSF: Metaverse Standards Forum (https://metaverse-standards.org/)
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 March  2026 (Reston)
Subject to Revision 
-  Review & Issue
    * Standard Template for Cloud Service Agreement RFC
-  Review revised submission (and adopt?)
    * DDS C# API
    * TCP/IP PSM for DDS Interop
    * Enterprise Resource Metadata Attributions (ERMA)
- Review to publish:
   * Cloud Security V4 DP
   * DIDO Reference Architecture (RA) V4.0 DP (?)
-  IDL, IEF, and CORBA WGs to meet.
-  Other Topics TBD

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