Middleware and Related Services PTF Agenda

OMG Technical Meeting
Denver, CO

2025-06-09 to 2025-06-13
Timezone: MDT (UTC-0600)

Up to date agenda can be found at: https://omg.org/events/2025q2/agendas/MARSPTFCalendar.html

Additional information can be found at: https://omg.org/events/2025q2/agendas-temp/MARSPTFCalendar-aux.pdf

Mon 2025-06-09 (MARS Plenary (AM))
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:
10:15-10:30 (MonAM); 10:00-10:15 (ThuAM)
Note: Times are listed in the MDT time zone (UTC-6).
09:15-10:15IEF Reference Architecture (RA) 2.0 RFC: Review comments prior to adoption
Presenter: MIke Abramson (ASMG)
Issued RFC: mars/25-03-04 (WIP); Comments: rfc-com/25-05-01
10:30-10:45IDL4 to Python Language Mapping: Status update on revised submission
Presenter: Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(ZettaScale, OIS, Rocket Software, TwinOaks)
Issued RFP: mars/21-09-20 (WIP)
10:45-11:00TCP/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)
11:00-12:00Spare
Time slot available to be filled.
13:00-17:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Tue 2025-06-10
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 2025-06-11
09:00-12:00DDS PSIG
Agenda
13:30-17:00CORBA WG (Chair: John Draga)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
13:30-17:00FACE Interop WG (Co-Chairs: Daniel Herring, John Draga)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Note:  FACE Interop WG meets with CORBA WG during the same time period in the same room with start/stop time for each WG meeting adjusted as needed.
13:30-17:00IEF WG (Co-Chairs: Mike Abramson, Alfred Strauch)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Thu 2025-06-12 (MARS Plenary (AM))
Callin Info: Callin access through meet.goto.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
09:00-09:30Metaverse Standards Directory: Discuss
Discuss which MARS standards (if any) may be applicable to the Metaverse Standards Registry, an effort underway in the Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF).  Mike Bennett has asked each TF to identify which of our standards "could be used in some way in metaverse-related development, including development, interoperability, security and so on.."
09:30-10:00Numeric Annotations Applicability to IDL4
Presenter: Chuck Abbott (OIS)
Discussion regarding applicability of numeric annotations to IDL4
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
10:30:  Vote to Adopt
 * IEF RA 2.0 RFC - Mike Abramson (ASMG); Issued RFC: mars/25-03-04  (WIP) [TFQ=4]
10:45:  Vote to Extend
* IDL4 to Python Language Mapping - Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(ZettaScale, OIS, Micro Focus, Twin Oaks); Issued RFP: mars/21-09-20 [VLQ=3]
* TCP/IP PSM for DDS Interoperability - Fernando Garcia (RTI)|(TwinOaks, Rocket Software, ZettaScale); Issued RFP: mars/17-09-24 [VLQ=3]
11:00-12:00Meeting Wrap-up
11:00 - Vote to approve Draft 1Q 2025 Meeting Minutes (mars/25-03-01) [TFQ=4]
11:10 - WG Report-Outs (CORBA/FACE Interop, IDL, IEF) 
11:40 - Plan for next mtng (update roadmap**) & other ad hoc topics
**As of March 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.


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
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 September 2025 (Leeds, UK)
Subject to Revision 
- Review Draft
    * Standard Template for Cloud Service Agreement RFC
-  Review revised submission (and adopt?)
   * TBD
- Review to publish:
  * Cloud Governance DP (V1.1)
  * Cloud Interoperability & Portability DP (Rev 4.0)
  * Cloud Security V4 DP (collab Cloud Security Alliance)
  * Practical Guide to Cloud Computing V4 DP
- IDL, IEF, and CORBA/FACEInterop WGs to meet.
- Other Topics TBD

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