[ecoop-info] CfP: WODPEC 2008 - 5th International Workshop on ODP for Enterprise Computing

Thu Apr 10 07:47:55 CEST 2008

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CALL FOR PAPERS

5th International Workshop on ODP for Enterprise Computing (WODPEC 2008)

in conjunction with The Twelfth IEEE International EDOC Conference (EDOC
2008)

“The Enterprise Computing Conference”

15th September 2008, Munich, Germany

http://www.inf.ufes.br/~jpalmeida/wodpec2008/

About the Workshop

The RM-ODP standard (ISO/IEC 10746 | ITU-T Rec. X.901-X.904, Reference Model
of Open Distributed Processing) provides a comprehensive and coherent
framework of concepts for the specification of complex large scale IT
systems, and has taken on a new significance in the light of the
Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) initiative from the OMG and the wide-scale
adoption of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) as well as the emerging
concepts of Enterprise Architecture. Thus, we are witnessing major companies
and organizations starting to use RM-ODP as an effective approach for
structuring their large-scale distributed IT system specifications. 

With this increase in the significance of the RM-ODP comes the need to
address a range of issues arising both from the practical application of its
concepts and from its relationship with other enterprise architectural
frameworks and methodologies.

>From a practical point of view, there are issues related to the use of the
RM-ODP to achieve effective and integrated business and service modeling,
and to handle the complexity of specifying policy, security and system
management requirements of current IT systems. The integration of disparate
technologies under the same framework should also be addressed to be able to
specify large “systems of systems”.

There are also issues related to the notations required for modeling RM-ODP
viewpoints. UML is probably the natural candidate, but its use as the
language and notation of choice for ODP system modeling is not free from
problems. Besides, what is the role that Model-Driven Software Development,
and in particular MDA, can play here? Should other modeling notations be
considered, such as SysML? 

Since tool support for ODP system specifications is paramount to support the
practical application of the RM-ODP framework demonstrations of such tools
are warmly welcome for presentation at the workshop. Relevant tools include
viewpoint language editors, viewpoint correspondence management tools, model
analyzers, code generators, viewpoint model repositories, etc. The advent of
the MDD and the proliferation of modeling languages and tools have provided
an excellent environment for the development of tools for ODP system
specifications.

With regard to the relationship of the RM-ODP with other frameworks and
methodologies, there are issues concerning development methods and
processes, and current and emerging architectural approaches. How can an
approach based on the RM-ODP accommodate architectural approaches such as
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), the Component-based Architecture (CBA),
and the Event Driven Architecture (EDA)? Can it accommodate aspect-oriented
development approaches? Can it be successfully integrated into development
processes such as RUP? What is the relationship of the RM-ODP to enterprise
architectural frameworks such as TOGAF, DoDAF, Archimate?

Following the success of WODPEC 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 as a traditional
IEEE EDOC Workshop, WODPEC 2008 aims to continue to provide a discussion
forum where researchers, practitioners, system modelers, tool developers and
representatives of standardization bodies can meet and exchange experiences,
problems and ideas related to the ODP framework for system specification,
its practical application and long term evolution, and its use in
conjunction with other architectural practices and approaches (e.g., MDA,
SOA, CBA, EDA) in the realm of Enterprise Distributed Computing.

Topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 

* RM-ODP system specifications:

  - conceptual and formal foundations of the RM-ODP;

  - the relationship of an ODP enterprise specification to, 

    and its integration with, more general business models;

  - the relationship of ODP system specification concepts to the concepts of
Enterprise Architecture;

  - specification for the management of enterprise federations;

  - specification of business rules;

  - specification of policy;

  - specification of security and system management;

  - specification for system evolution;

  - the impact of developments in technology on the ODP computational, 

    engineering and technology languages;

  - the use of ODP for specific application domains 

    (finance, telecomms, health care, aerospace, utility, etc.);

  - identification and management of correspondences between viewpoints;

* Use of UML:

  - current issues, limitations and problems in using UML profiles to
represent ODP concepts;

  - formal semantics for UML Profiles for the representation of ODP
concepts;

  - definition of UML Profiles for ODP viewpoints and for extensions 

    and refinements of the RM-ODP for particular application domains.

    representation of viewpoint correspondences using UML;

  - potential problems for the industrial adoption of UML for ODP system
specification;

  - use of domain-specific or general purpose modelling languages 

    other than UML for ODP system specification.

* Development practices/approaches and RM-ODP:

  - relationship of the RM-ODP approach to, and its integration with, the
MDA;

  - relationship of the RM-ODP approach to, and its integration with, 

    architectural approaches such as SOA, CBA, EDA and aspect-oriented
development;

  - relationship of the RM-ODP approach to, and its integration with, 

    development processes such as RUP;

  - relationship of the RM-ODP approach to enterprise architectural
frameworks 

    such as TOGAF or DoDAF.

* Tool support for enterprise architecture:

  - requirements on supporting tools or tool chains (currently in use or
under development);

  - MDD tools for ODP system specifications.

* Case studies and experiences:

  - examples of the application of the RM-ODP approach to the specification

    of IT systems, in particular large-scale distributed systems;

  - teaching the system of RM-ODP concepts to students, especially to 

    graduate (experienced) students, not only in IT but also in IS, MBA, and
other programs.

Submission Guidelines and Workshop Format

To enable lively and productive discussions submission of a paper or a
position statement is required. All submissions will be formally peer
reviewed. 

Submissions should be 4 to 8 pages long in IEEE Computer Society format and
include the author's name, affiliation and contact details. They should be
submitted by e-mail as postscript or PDF files before 13 June 2007, to
jrromero 'at' uco.es. A package with formatting instructions and a template
for Word and style files for Latex is available at
http://www4.comp.polyu.edu.hk/%7Eedoc06/formatting.zip.

Authors will be notified of acceptance by 18 July 2007. At least one author
of accepted papers should participate in the Workshop. Accepted papers will
be published in the IEEE Digital Library.

The duration of the Workshop is one day. The Workshop will be divided into
two main sessions (morning and afternoon). The first session will be
dedicated to the brief presentation of papers, initial discussions, and the
joint identification of specific issues that participants consider to be of
particular relevance and deserving further joint analysis. These issues will
be discussed in groups during the afternoon, closing the Workshop with one
hour wrap-up session dedicated to drawing the Workshop's conclusions,
identifying the open issues, and outlining some future work.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: 13 June 2008

Paper acceptance notification: 18 July 2008

Camera ready of papers: 28 July 2008

Workshop days: 15 September 2008

Organising Committee

João Paulo A. Almeida, Federal University of Espírito Santo (Brazil)

Peter F. Linington, University of Kent (UK)

José Raúl Romero, University of Córdoba (Spain)

Bryan Wood, Agile Enterprise Ltd (UK)

Program Committee (to be confirmed)

Dave Akehurst, Thales (UK)

João Paulo A. Almeida, Federal University of Espírito Santo (Brazil)

Jean Bérubé, Idigenic (Canada)

Remco Dijkman, Technical University Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

Celso González, IBM (Canada)

Haim Kilov, Stevens Institute of Technology (US)

Lea Kutvonen, University of Helsinki (Finland)

Nicole Levy, University of Versailles (France)

Peter F. Linington, University of Kent (UK)

Arve Meisingset, Telenor (Norway)

Joaquin Miller, X-Change Technologies (US)

Zoran Milosevic, Deontik (Autralia)

José Raúl Romero, University of Córdoba (Spain)

Tom Rutt, Coast Enterprises, INCITS T3 IR (US)

Peter Shames, NASA/JPL (US)

Marten van Sinderen, University of Twente (The Netherlands)

Akira Tanaka, Hitachi (Japan)

Bruno Traverson, EDF R&D (France)

Sandy Tyndale-Biscoe, Agile Enterprise Ltd (UK)

Antonio Vallecillo, University of Málaga (Spain)

Alain Wegmann, EPFL (Switzerland)

Bryan Wood, Agile Enterprise Ltd (UK)

Takahiro Yamada, JAXA (Japan)

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Dpt. Informatica y Analisis Numerico

Edificio Marie Curie (C3), planta baja

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