# OMG

> Object Management Group (OMG) is a global nonprofit technology standards consortium behind UML, SysML, BPMN, DDS and other specifications for modeling and enterprise integration. Vendors, users, academia and government develop shared rules that competing implementations can support. OMG became part of EDM Association following an October 2025 asset acquisition.

- **Founded:** 1989
- **Headquarters:** Milford, United States
- **Founders:** Christopher Stone (Founder; former chairman and CEO)
- **Products:** CORBA, Unified Modeling Language (UML), Data Distribution Service (DDS), Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN), SysML v2, KerML and Systems Modeling API and Services
- **Notable:** Published and maintains more than 260 specifications, according to its mission page., Its mission page reports 15 specifications adopted by ISO., Published CORBA’s first formal version in 1991 and UML 1.1 in 1997.

## Products & services

- **CORBA** — Specifications for distributed object communication and interoperability; first formal version adopted in 1991.
- **Unified Modeling Language (UML)** — A standardized modeling language used in software design; the formal catalog lists UML 1.1 in December 1997.
- **Data Distribution Service (DDS)** — A standard for data-centric communication in distributed real-time systems; the catalog dates formal version 1.0 to December 2004.
- **Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)** — A standard notation and machine-readable artifacts for business process modeling; OMG catalog dates version 1.0 to March 2007.
- **SysML v2, KerML and Systems Modeling API and Services** — Systems modeling specifications with complementary textual and graphical representations, a semantic foundation and standardized API access. Final adoption announced July 2025.
- **Unified Architecture Framework (UAF)** — Architecture framework connecting enterprise and systems concerns; domain metamodel and profile became ISO/IEC standards in 2022.
- **Certification programs** — Professional credentials covering modeling standards, including the SysML v2 Model User credential launched June 2026.
- **Membership and technical meetings** — Organizational participation in standards development, review, working groups and technical meetings, subject to membership rights.

## Achievements

- Published and maintains more than 260 specifications, according to its mission page.
- Its mission page reports 15 specifications adopted by ISO.
- Published CORBA’s first formal version in 1991 and UML 1.1 in 1997.
- Announced final adoption of SysML v2, KerML 1.0 and Systems Modeling API and Services 1.0 in July 2025.
- Marked its 35th anniversary in March 2024.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — OMG press room lists an August 28 Journal of Innovation issue about supply chains.
- **2026-06** — Issued an RFP for IDL4-to-Rust language mapping on June 15; this is a proposal process, not an adopted Rust mapping.
- **2026-06** — Launched the SysML v2 Model User certification on June 2. The next Model Builder Fundamental credential was anticipated for early 2027.
- **2026-04** — Announced the SCARS RFP for machine-readable space communications asset descriptions on April 28. The press-room listing gives April 26, while the release itself says April 28.
- **2025-10** — EDM Association announced completion of its acquisition of OMG’s assets.

## Links

- Website: https://www.omg.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/omg
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/objectmgmtgroup
- GitHub: https://github.com/Systems-Modeling
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ObjectMgmtGroup/videos
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Object-Management-Group-171534410022/

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