FAQ 35.06 What is OMG?

OMG stands for Object Management Group. OMG is an international consortium with nearly 1000 members, including software vendors, software developers, and users. OMG is the organization that develops and standardizes the OMA.

This chapter will be deliberately loose in distinguishing between CORBA, OMA, and IDL. Technically, IDL is a proper subset of CORBA, which is a proper subset of OMA, but it is easier to speak of some IDL issues as CORBA questions than it is to use precise wording that could confuse a newcomer to the subject.