Whats our schedule for the Unified Modeling Language?
Jim and Grady began their unification efforts in October 1994. At OOPSLA ’94, we promised to deliver a unified method for public review by OOPSLA ’95. We achieved that goal with the release of the version 0.8 documenttation set of the Unified Modeling Language. Currently, Jim, Ivar, and Grady are working to incorporate Objectory’s concepts into that early work, as well as to simplify the modeling language and address some advanced issues (namely, concurrency and distribution). We expect to produce a version 0.9 addendum to the original Unified Modeling Language document in the next couple of months, based on public feedback on our 0.8 document, the continuing unification with the Objectory semantics, and work with other methodologists. Late in 1996, we will present this work for standardization to the Object Management Group (OMG).
