We apologize to those who receive multiple copies of this email. Please distribute this announcement to all interested parties. ======================================================================== The Object Management Group has issued a new Request for Information (RFI) in the life sciences research area. Authored by the Life Sciences Research (LSR) Domain Task Force (DTF), the new RFI is a general request. We want to know what to focus on next. The RFI can be found at http://doc.omg.org/lifesci/2001-04-15 RFI submissions are due by 20 August 2001. The primary reason for issuing a new RFI is to take advantage of the OMG's new Model Driven Architecture (MDA). By leveraging its modeling specifications, such as UML, the OMG has significantly broadened its architectural approach. New technology submissions will be required to have a middleware-independent model, with one or more corresponding models for specific middleware platforms such as CORBA, Enterprise Java Beans, XML, or SOAP. For more information about MDA see http://www.omg.org/mda. Two revised submission efforts (Gene Expression and Chemical Structures) are already using the MDA approach and will include XML-based solutions. The RFI also highlights the technology adoptions from LSR, * Biomolecular Sequence Analysis * Genomic Maps * Bibliographic Query Service * Macromolecular Structure and the RFPs underway * Chemical Structure Access & Representation * Gene Expression * Laboratory Equipment Control Interface Specification * Biomolecular Sequence Analysis Entities Please contact any of the LSR co-chairs if you have questions about the RFI or the LSR DTF. * David Benton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Karl Konnerth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) * Scott Markel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) You can also find out more about the LSR at http://lsr.omg.org/ _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l
