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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

Mon 2026-03-23
09:00-12:00MARS Plenary
Callin Info: Callin access through meet.goto.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
• Meeting kickoff: Review upcoming week; entertain additions to agenda
Nominal List (to be revised after 4 wk deadline) actual placement (Mon, Tues or Thurs) TBD
- RFPs
   * IDL4 to Rust Language Mapping:  Review for issuance
   * UML Modeling Language Text Syntax (name may change):  Review draft
- Enterprise Resource Metadata Attributions (ERMA): Review revised submission

13:00-17:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Tue 2026-03-24
10:00-12:00IDL WG (Co-Chairs: Chuck Abbott, Fernando Garcia)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
13:00-17:00MARS Plenary
Callin Info: Callin access through meet.goto.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
Nominal List (to be revised after 4 wk deadline) actual placement (Mon, Tues or Thurs) TBD
- Review Revised Submissions: 
   * DDS C# API
   * TCP/IP PSM for DDS Interoperability
- OARC's Spatial DDS 1.4:  Review draft RFC (tentative)
- Cloud WG Standard Template for Cloud Service Agreements (CSA):  Review draft RFC
- Cloud Security DP:  Review for publication
- AI Interaction Service Model (AISM):  proposal for a new RFP to be worked on jointly with the AI PTF

Wed 2026-03-25
13:30-17:00CORBA WG (Chair: John Draga)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
13:30-17:00IEF WG (Co-Chairs: Mike Abramson, Alfred Strauch)
Posted Agenda (includes remote connection info)
Thu 2026-03-26
09:00-12:00MARS Plenary
Callin Info: Callin access through meet.goto.com will be available to registered attendees during the event.
Nominal List to be updated after 4 wk deadline
• Progress Report CORBA 3.5 RTF
• Other topics TBD
Vote to Issue:
• IDL to Rust Language Mapping RFP
• UML Modeling Language Text Syntax RFP (name subject to change)
Vote to Publish:
• Cloud Security DP
Vote to Adopt:
• DDS C# API
• TCP/IP PSM for DDS Interoperability
• Enterprise Resource Metadata Attributions (ERMA)
Vote to Extend:
• TBD
Other Motions:
• TBD
Meeting Wrap-up
• Vote to approve Draft December 2025 Meeting Minutes (mars/25-12-01)
• WG Report-Outs (IDL, CORBA, IEF)
• Plan for next mtng (update roadmap) & other ad hoc topics



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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