I have received a note from Mike Card that I would like to share with you. <\/p>\n
“The OMG is hosting an Object Database Standard Definition Scope meeting in Santa Clara, CA at the Hyatt Regency on Tuesday afternoon, December 9th. <\/p>\n
The purpose of this meeting will be to define what the scope of the new object database standard should be.<\/p>\n
We have already done some work in this area but more remains to be done.
Our goal is to complete the definition of what will and will not be included in the scope of the new standard at this meeting. Once we have defined what will and will not be included, I can begin work on a draft OMG Request For Proposal (RFP).
The RFP is important because this is the mechanism by which the OMG generates standards \u2013 an RFP is put out there and a group of vendors who intend to implement the final standard responds to the RFP with a standard.
So, we cannot get the ball rolling until we get the RFP out there, and we are getting close. Once the RFP is put out by the OMG, then the \u201creal work\u201d begins where object database vendors intending to submit and other interested parties begin working together to develop a response to the RFP.
It is this response that will become the successor to ODMG 3.0.<\/b><\/p>\n
The agenda for this meeting will be as follows:<\/p>\n
1300-1310 Welcome and introductory comments (Mike Card)
1310-1330 Review of scoping consensus thus far and db4o comments from last meeting (Mike Card)
1330-1630 Discussion of scope areas to be included or excluded (all participants)
1630-1700 Wrap-up and discussion of next steps (Mike Card) <\/i><\/p>\n
We got some excellent feedback from db4o at our last meeting on these topics and we would like input from other vendors as well.<\/p>\n
We very much hope to see you there! There is a $150 registration fee for this event, to register please visit the registration page<\/a><\/p>\n There should be a link there soon to register for this event. Thanks! <\/p>\n Michael P. Card
Syracuse Research Corporation “<\/p>\n