Developing a Standards based Federated OMG Metadata Repository

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Developing a Standards based Federated OMG
Metadata Repository

• OMG TC Meeting, Philadelphia 3/24/99
• Sridhar Iyengar
• Unisys Fellow
• sridhar.iyengar2_at_unisys.com

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Welcome to OMGs Xth Birthday Party

• Whats XMI?
• X 10th birthday of OMG when we celebrate
• M Middleware, Metadata and Models everywhere
• I Interoperabilty and Interchange for the
  enterprise
• XMI XML Metadata Interchange is now a standard
  
• Proud hosts
• We eat, sleep and drink this
  stuff(Metadata!)
• Nihon Unisys Ltd. (System/Nju)
• Genesis Development Corporation
• Join us at Club CORBA this evening at the
  ballroom

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Unisys

• Global services and technology company
• 1998 Revenues 7.2 Billion
• www.unisys.com
• Services, Software and Systems for the enterprise
• Use of metadata and distributed object
  repositories for software and systems integration
• www.marketplace.unisys.com/urep
• Committed to specifying and implementing open
  standards for enterprise software integration
• OMG MOF, UML, XMI, CORBA, CCM..

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Muddleware Architects Dilemma

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Why OMG is Important to Unisys

• Open standards process that works
• XMI happened from inception to adoption in about
  a year
• The place where technology integration via an
  open process is happening rapidly
• XMI Unifies UML, MOF and XML so developers can
  model, manage and publish metadata to the web in
  a standard manner
• OMG understands heterogenous interoperability
  technology evolution
• OMA, CORBA, IIOP, UML, XMI, MOF...

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Component Development Cycle Vision
Architecture Centric, Use case driven Iterative
and Incremental
Distributed Objects Metadata Repositories
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Demonstration of Unisys and Partners

• Platform Technologies
• Unisys UREP (UML, XMI, MOF, CORBA...)
• Unisys IntegratePlus and EvolveIT - Component
  based development and Application Integration
  Framework (UML, XMI...)
• Adaptive Solutions Adaptive Framework
• UBS, Unisys and Genesis MOF Interface Repository
  proof of concept
• Domain Technologes
• Genesis Accord framework...

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Before the Birthday Party

• Enjoy the meeting demos
• More importantly join us at the party
• Now for a message from the customer
• Developing a standards based Federated Repository