OMG Standards At Work in the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) – summary of the day and materials

Today September 24, 2015, a special event took place in Cambridge, MA: the OMG Standards At Work in the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT). I have been asked to give a speech on the role of user interaction modelling within complex IoT system in industry: Internet of Things and Internet of People: The Role of User … Continue reading OMG Standards At Work in the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) – summary of the day and materials

OMG Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Standards At Work

What do SysML™, IFML™, SysA and DDS™ standards have in common, and how can they be put at work in the (Industrial) Internet of Things [IoT and IIoT] context? Industrial plant with IoT sensors and data sharing To respond to this question, I will join a special event by the Object Management Group (OMG) on … Continue reading OMG Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Standards At Work

Here we are: IFML 1.0 published by the OMG officially

IFML 1.0 is finally published! The OMG released the official 1.0 version of the new standard in March 2015. It took several years of research, discussions and validation, but here we are with the standard specification. The specification document can be downloaded for free at: http://www.omg.org/spec/IFML/ Here is Emanuele ready for the presentation given at … Continue reading Here we are: IFML 1.0 published by the OMG officially

The IFML book – OMG’s Interaction Flow Modeling Language explained

After almost one year of work, the result of our efforts finally came to light in late December 2014. Since it was almost Christmas time, we decided to wait 2014 for the launch. But now, here we are. OMG Press and Morgan Kauffman published our book: Interaction Flow Modeling Language: Model-Driven UI Engineering of Web … Continue reading The IFML book – OMG’s Interaction Flow Modeling Language explained

IFML – Interaction Flow Modeling Language 1.0 – My tutorial on UI and UX modeling & design at ICWE 2014

This year, ICWE - International Conference on Web Engineering, took place in Toulouse, France. Given the upcoming adoption by the OMG - Object Management Group of IFML, I decided to give a tutorial on it there. IFML, the Interaction Flow Modeling Language (IFML) is designed for expressing content, user interaction and control behaviour of the … Continue reading IFML – Interaction Flow Modeling Language 1.0 – My tutorial on UI and UX modeling & design at ICWE 2014

IFML 1.0: Interaction Flow Modeling Language approved by the OMG

After three years of work, IFML 1.0 is finally approved by the OMG! The Interaction Flow Modeling Language was actually adopted one year ago, in March 2013, as Beta specification by the Object Management Group (OMG). Since then, the IFML Finalization Task Force worked hard to bring the specification to perfection. The OMG Architecture Board … Continue reading IFML 1.0: Interaction Flow Modeling Language approved by the OMG

Sneak peek at IFML 1.0 (the Interaction Flow Modeling Language) by the OMG

IFML 1.0 is almost here! As you may know by now, the OMG standard Interaction Flow Modeling Language (IFML) is designed for expressing the content, user interaction and control behaviour of the front-end (aka view) of software applications. And if you don't know anything about IFML, you can just visit www.ifml.org or have a look at … Continue reading Sneak peek at IFML 1.0 (the Interaction Flow Modeling Language) by the OMG

IFML – the Interaction Flow Modeling Language, moves on to Beta2

After 6 months from its adoption, IFML moves on to a new, cleaned up version, named IFML Beta2.The new version is the result of the feedback collected in these months from our partners, customers, researchers and developers, that are putting IFML at work in tools (primarily WebRatio) and at customers. This reality check phase is … Continue reading IFML – the Interaction Flow Modeling Language, moves on to Beta2

Interaction Flow Modeling Language RFP issued at OMG

WebRatio Cubes roaming San Francisco while I was engaged in the approval of the IFML RFP in Santa Clara, CA.After 9 months of participation to the OMG meetings, intensive interactions with stakeholders, and interesting feedback from big vendors and users (including IBM, Microsoft, Thales, NoMagic, SoftTeam, and others), OMG issued the official request for proposal … Continue reading Interaction Flow Modeling Language RFP issued at OMG

Canonical XMI, MEF, IMM, SIMF, FACESEM. Highlights from the Salt Lake City OMG ADTF meeting, June 2011

I attended the OMG meeting in Salt Lake City from June 22 to June 24. Here are a few highlights from the Analysis and Design Task Force (ADTF) meeting I attended on Wednesday 22.An RFC for a canonical XMI formatPete Rivett is issuing today a RFC for a canonical XMI format at OMG.I think this … Continue reading Canonical XMI, MEF, IMM, SIMF, FACESEM. Highlights from the Salt Lake City OMG ADTF meeting, June 2011