[epf-dev] Looking for SPEM2 supporters

[Peter Haumer <phaumer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello.
I am presenting our latest SPEM 2.0
submission (get the document at http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ad/06-04-05)
to the OMG on April 26th at the OMG meeting in St. Louis.

This specification is very close to
the meta-model that we implemented for EPF Composer.  However, it
also already incorporates some of the changes and future directions that
we discussed in Atlanta (e.g. around the modeling of Tools), simplifies
the usage of categories having no standard ones, but allowing modelers
to define their own, additional associations for Activities to allow process
without method content, etc.  

As we discussed in Atlanta, EPF might
go into different directions in the future, but it would be good for EPF
to state that is currently based on an OMG specification.  In that
respect, it would be very helpful to our submission if most companies working
in EPF would actually officially support it.  

I have not asked this before, because
the submission process seemed to go smoothly and this submission was intended
to be the final one.  However, in a new development companies who
seem to be negatively impacted by a successful EPF project come forward
and want to start their own specification work.  This initiative is
started by Osellus and Fujitsu.  They claim support from Microsoft
and Sun.  Thus, it would be good if we could add your names on our
side as supporters.  

Thank you so much for your positive
or negative reply by Thursday 20th.


Thanks and best regards,
Peter Haumer.

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Rational Software | IBM Software Group
PETER HAUMER, Dr. rer. nat.
RUP Development, Cupertino, CA
Tel/Fax: +1 408 863-8716
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