Essence® — Essence Kernel & Language for Engineering Methods
The Essence Kernel provides the common ground for defining engineering practices. It includes the essential elements that are always prevalent in every engineering endeavor, such as Requirements, System, Team, and Work. These elements have states representing progress and health, so as the endeavor moves forward the states associated with these elements progress.
- Title:
- Essence Kernel & Language for Engineering Methods
- Acronym:
- Essence®
- Version:
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2.0 beta 2
- Document Status:
-
beta ⓘ
This version is made available for informational purposes. The formal version is the final approved specification and is the version that should be followed for compliance with this specification. Access to change bars between versions are available only to OMG members. - Publication Date:
- 三月 2026
- Categories:
- IPR Mode ⓘ
- RAND ⓘ
Table Of Contents
- About the Specification
- Companies that have contributed to the development of this Specification
- Issues associated with this specification
- Specification Documents
- History
- Links
Companies that have contributed to the development of this Specification
- Copyright © 2025 88solutions
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Copyright © 2025
Adaptivenow ( Adaptive Analytics, Inc. ) - Copyright © 2025 Elemental Reasoning
- Copyright © 2025 Ivar Jacobson International
- Copyright © 2025 Jackrabbit Consulting
- Copyright © 2025 Model Driven Solutions
Issues associated with this specification
Issues Reported in this Specification
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Version 2.0 beta 2 only
Issues Fixed in this Specification
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Version 2.0 beta 2 only
Specification Documents
Normative Documents
| Description | Format | URL | OMG File ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specification |
Essence/2.0/Beta2/PDF
|
ptc/25-05-01 |
Normative Machine Readable Documents
| Description | Format | URL | OMG File ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essence Metamodel XMI | XMI |
Essence/20150601/Essence.xmi
|
ptc/15-05-13 |
Informative Documents
| Description | Format | URL | OMG File ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specification changebar |
Essence/2.0/Beta2/PDF/changebar
|
ptc/25-05-02 |
History
In Process Versions
| Version | Adoption Date | URL |
|---|---|---|
| 2.0 beta 2 | 三月 2026 | https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/2.0/Beta2 |
Formal Versions
| Version | Adoption Date | URL |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | 七月 2018 | https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/1.2 |
| 1.1 | 十二月 2015 | https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/1.1 |
| 1.0 | 十一月 2014 | https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/1.0 |
Links
- This Document:
- https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/2.0/Beta2/About-Essence
- RDF
- https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/2.0/Beta2/About-Essence.rdf
- JSON-LD
- https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/2.0/Beta2/About-Essence.jsonld
- Latest Document:
- https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence
- RDF
- https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/About-Essence.rdf
- JSON-LD
- https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/About-Essence.jsonld
- All Machine Readable:
- https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/machine-readable
- Members Only
- https://www.omg.org/members/spec/Essence/2.0/Beta2
- Supersedes:
- https://www.omg.org/spec/Essence/2.0/Beta1
- Contact:
- Send a question ⓘ