The Importance of Middleware
The OMG's Middleware & Related Services Platform Task Force (MARS PTF) is the hub for all middleware related best practices and standards. This article provides an exceptional brief overview on the importance of middleware. The MARS PTF works with organizations to facilitate higher level applications and frameworks.
Mission:
To solicit, evaluate, and recommend specifications related to:
- Request broker technology and other platform independent service technologies and their mappings
- General purpose pervasive services that are 1) fundamental to developing useful distributed applications, 2) a universal basis for application and information integration, or 3) support higher level facilities and frameworks
- Mappings for pervasive services specific to middleware platforms and reference mapping from generic PIM constructs to platform-specific constructs and protocol rules
- Supporting technologies for application and information integration, and collaboration
Updates:
- Final Meeting Minutes 2025 Q1 - Reston (mars/25-06-06)
- Final Agenda for Q2 2025 - Denver (mars/25-06-09)
- MARS Roadmap as of Q2 2025 - Denver (mars/25-06-07)
- MARS Roadmap as of Q2 2025 - Denver (Public version mars/25-06-08)
Active MARS Working Groups:
Published Discussion Papers:
- Many Cloud Papers
- Distributed Immutable Data Objects (DIDO) Networks Reference Architecture (RA) (mars/18-08-03)
- DIDO Reference Architecture (RA) V2.0 (mars/20-06-13)
- DIDO Reference Architecture (RA) V3.0 (mars/21-06-16)
Get Involved:
If you're an OMG member, have a member account, and want to get involved, you can Subscribe to The MARS PTF mailing list to receive frequent group email updates and/or contact [email protected]. If you don't know if your organization is already a member, check the OMG Member List, Request An Account, and follow the prior steps, if your organization is a member, to get engaged. If not a member and interested in getting involved please visit our Membership Overview Webpage and/or contact [email protected].