10. Why OMG and Why MARS?

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• Model Driven Architecture provides the foundation for separating platform-independent and platform-specific concerns
• OMG modeling languages support precise architectural and information models
• Existing OMG specifications address interfaces, middleware, distributed Systems, Data exchange, and Semantics
• Domain Task Forces contribute operational requirements and real-world use cases
• The OMG RFP process supports competing or joint proposals and consensus-based adoption
• An OMG specification can provide a common foundation across industries and implementation technologies

• SIP-RA addresses distributed processing, middleware, interfaces, and information exchange
• Federation requires architectural relationships among independently governed Systems
• Platform independence is central to the proposed Reference Architecture
• MARS members bring experience with APIs, protocols, distributed services, and interoperability
• MARS can coordinate the RFP while drawing on expertise from other OMG groups

• Architecture Board for architectural consistency and specification quality
• ADTF for MDA, UML, SysML v2, metamodeling, and model transformation
• Domain Task Forces for representative missions, constraints, and use cases
• Ontology and semantics communities for governed meaning and semantic mappings
• Security communities for trust, Policy, jurisdictional, and cross-domain concerns

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