Mission
THE PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION IS: TO PROMOTE OJECT-ORIENTED APPLICATIONS INTEGRATION BASED ON APPROPRIATE INDUSTRY STANDARDS, A MODEL- DRIVEN ARCHITECTURAL APPROACH TO SOFTWARE DESIGN AND THE APPLICATION OF MODELING AND MIDDLEWARE TECHNOLOGY TO SPECIFIC VIRTUAL MARKETS; TO FOSTER BUILDING COMMUNITIES IN MODERN COMPUTING TECHOLOGY; TO PROMOTE FRAMEWORKS FOR COMPATIBLE AND INDEPENDENT DEVELOPMENT OF APPLICATIONS; TO ENABLE COORDINATION AMONG APPLICATIONS ACROSS HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKED SYSTEMS IN A MULTINATIONAL, MULTILINGUAL ENVIRONMENT; TO ADOPT A CORE OF SPECIFICATIONS THAT COMPLY WITH THESE FRAMEWORKS AND TO PROMOTE THEIR INTERNATIONAL MARKET ACCEPTANCE AND USE; TO ACTIVELY INFLUENCE THE FUTURE DIRECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THESE ADOPTED SPECIFICATIONS; AND TO FOSTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS AND APPLICATIONS THAT CONFORM TO THESE SPECIFICATIONS AND TO PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR CERTIFYING COMPLIANCE WITH ADOPTED SPECIFICATIONS.