6.3.1 Architectural Positioning

Return to Relationship to Other OMG Specifications

The proposed Reference Architecture occupies an architectural layer concerned with Governance and structural abstractions. This positioning distinguishes its responsibilities from transport, information exchange, message exchange, and Federation mechanisms addressed by existing OMG specifications.

• SIP-031 — Architectural Positioning: The proposed Reference Architecture SHALL be positioned at the architectural Governance and structural abstraction layer

• SIP-032 — Separation from Existing Mechanisms: The architectural model SHALL distinguish Governance constructs from transport, information-exchange, message-exchange, and Federation mechanisms defined by existing OMG specifications

• SIP-033 — Architectural Layering: The architectural model SHALL define layering that separates structural and Governance concerns from transport, information-exchange, message-exchange, and Federation mechanisms

• SIP-034 — Preservation of Existing Transport and Exchange Constructs: The proposed Reference Architecture SHALL NOT redefine, duplicate, or supersede transport, information-exchange, message-exchange, or message-layer constructs defined by existing OMG specifications

The links in this section provide temporary access to the individual Annex C requirement pages while those records are being created and reviewed.

After the Annex C records are complete, replace each locally maintained Statement with a transclusion of the authoritative Statement from its corresponding requirement page.

SIP-026 applies broadly to existing OMG specifications addressing information exchange, interoperability, or semantic Federation. SIP-034 applies more specifically to the transport, information-exchange, message-exchange, and message-layer constructs preserved by the architectural positioning defined in this section.