Middleware and Related Services PTF Agenda

OMG Technical Meeting
Reston, VA

2026-03-23 to 2026-03-27
Timezone: EDT (UTC-0400)

Up to date agenda can be found at: https://omg.org/events/2026q1/agendas/MARSPTFCalendar.html

Additional information can be found at: https://omg.org/events/2026q1/agendas-temp/MARSPTFCalendar-aux.pdf

Mon 2026-03-23 (MARS Plenary)
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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); 14:00-14:30 (TuePM); 10:00-10:15 (ThuAM)
Note: Times are listed in the EDT time zone (UTC-4).  If you dial in from Europe or Asia, please remember that North America changed to summer time on March 8.
09:15-10:15MIL-STD-3701 (Tactical Microgrid) Update
Callin Info: Callin access through teams.microsoft.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
Presenter: Daniel Herring (MIT LL)
Overview of MIL-STD-3701 (Tactical Microgrid), as well as, related issues and enhancements
10:30-11:00Spare
Time slot available to be filled.
11:00-12:00IDL4 to Rust Language Mapping RFP: Review Draft
Presenter: Fernando Garcia (RTI)
Draft RFP: mars/26-02-01
13:00-17:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Tue 2026-03-24 (MARS Plenary)
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10:00-12:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
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13:00-13:30DDS-C# API: Status update on revised submission
Presenter: Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(ZettaScale)
Issued RFP: mars/19-12-07 (WIP)
13:30-14:00TCP/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)
14:30-15:30IDL for UML (IDL4UML) RFP: Review Draft
Presenter:  Roy Bell (Thematix)
Revised Draft RFP: mars/26-01-01
Invited to join: IDLWG, 
15:30-17:30Structured Information Processing Reference Architecture (SIP-RA): Review RFP proposal
Presenter:  Nick Stavros (Jackrabbit)
Proposal for a new RFP to be prepared in collaboration with C4I DTF
Invited to join: C4IDTF, 
16:30-17:00Spare
Time slot available to be filled.
Wed 2026-03-25
13:30-17:00CORBA WG (Chair: John Draga)
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13:30-17:00IEF WG (Co-Chairs: Mike Abramson, Alfred Strauch)
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Thu 2026-03-26 (MARS Plenary)
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09:00-10:00Spare
Time slot available to be filled.
10:15-10:30CORBA 3.5 RTF: Progress Report
Presenters: Chuck Abbott (OIS) / John Draga (Rocket Software)
WIP Page
10:30-11:00Motions to Issue, Extend, or Adopt
Vote to Issue
10:30 - IDL4 to Rust Language Mapping RFP - Fernando Garcia (RTI); Draft RFP: mars/26-02-01[TFQ=3]
Vote to Extend
10:40 - DDS C# API - Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(ZettaScale); Issued RFP: mars/19-12-07 [VLQ=3]
10:45 - TCP/IP PSM for DDS Interoperability - Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(TwinOaks, Rocket Software, ZettaScale); Issued RFP: mars/17-09-24] [VLQ=3]
10:50 - Enterprise Resource Metadata Attributions (ERMA) - Alfred Strauch (SmartTalk Beacon)|(ASMG); Issued RFP: mars/23-09-13 [VLQ=3]

11:00-12:00Meeting Wrap-up
11:00 - Vote to approve Draft 4Q 2025 Meeting Minutes (mars/25-12-01) [TFQ=3]
11:10 - WG Report-Outs (IDL, IEF) 
11:30 - Plan for next mtng (update roadmap**) & other ad hoc topics
**As of December 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.


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08:45-17:1514th Annual Business Architecture Innovation Summit
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10:00-12:00Defense & Military Standards at OMG Forum
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Wed 2026-03-25
09:00-17:1514th Annual Business Architecture Innovation Summit
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13:30-15:00AB Process SC
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15:30-16:30SMSC
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16:30-17:30Liaison SC
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Thu 2026-03-26
08:45-17:1514th Annual Business Architecture Innovation Summit
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09:00-17:00UAF® Summit 2026
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General notes:
Plans for June 2026 (TBD)
Subject to Revision
-  Review & Issue
    * Standard Template for Cloud Service Agreement RFC
- Review to publish:
   * Cloud Governance DP V1.1
   * Data Residency DP V2
-  IDL, IEF, and CORBA WGs to meet.
-  Other Topics TBD
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/)
OARC:  Open Augmented Reality (AR) Cloud Association (https://www.openarcloud.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

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