The 8th International IEEE Enterprise
Distributed Object Computing Conference
20-24 September 2004, Monterey, California, USA
http://www.edocconference.org
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society,
IEEE Communications Society,and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Call for Participation in the Workshop on ODP for Enterprise Computing(WODPEC 2004)
ABOUT THE WORKSHOPAs software technology becomes a core part of business enterprises in all market sectors, customers demand more flexible enterprisesystems. This demand coincides with the increasing use of personal computers, the trend of IT organizations towards downsizing, andtoday's easy access to local and global communication networks, which together provide an excellent infrastructure for open distributedsystems.
In response to these market needs, there has been a significant development in International Standards in software and system engineeringin the last decade. In particular, the rapid growth of distributed processing has led to the adoption of the Reference Model of OpenDistributed Processing (RM-ODP, ITU-T Rec. X.901 to X.904 | ISO/IEC 10746). This Reference Model provides a co-ordinating
framework for the standardization of open distributed processing (ODP) and creates an architecture within which support of distribution,interworking, and portability can be integrated, together with a framework for the specification of ODP systems.
The RM-ODP is based on precise concepts derived from current distributed processing developments and, as far as possible, on the use offormal description techniques for specification of the architecture. RM-ODP has four fundamental elements: an object modelling approachto system specification; the specification of a system in terms of separate but interrelated viewpoint specifications; the definition of asystem infrastructure providing distribution transparencies for system applications; and a framework for assessing system conformance.
Five years after its final adoption as ITU-T Recommendation and ISO/IEC International Standard, the RM-ODP is increasingly relevant,because the size and complexity of current IT systems is challenging most of the current software engineering methods and tools. Thesetools were not conceived for use with large, open and distributed systems, which are precisely the systems that the RM-ODP addresses.
The RM-ODP has already lead to some real experience and supporting systems, including good and bad stories; a number of conformantproducts and implementations; some related developments through the Object Management Group and, of course, groups both ofsupporters and of detractors. The knowledge gained from these experiences, together with the fact that ISO has just launched a Study
Group to consider the possible revision of the Reference Model (see http://www.lcc.uma.es/~av/ODPstudyGroup/SGannouncement.html),
provides an excellent opportunity for all parties involved in Enterprise Distributed Computing to meet and discuss the present and future ofthe RM-ODP and its related family of standards.

SCOPE
This Workshop aims at providing a discussion forum where researchers, practitioners and representatives of standardization bodies on these
topics can meet and exchange experiences, problems and ideas related to the use of RM-ODP in the realm of Enterprise Distributed
Computing, and explore together possible solutions and future work.
The duration of the workshop is one day and this workshop will be held on September 20, 2004.

TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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implementations of systems using approaches based on the RM-ODP;
the use of approaches based on RM-ODP for specific application domain (finance, telecomms, health care, aerospace, etc.);
current issues, limitations and problems identified in the RM-ODP;
requirements for the RM-ODP to address new IT advances and challenges;
integration of the RM-ODP with other emerging standards, such as OMG's MDA, ebXML, UML 2.0, W3C Web Services, etc.;
formal foundations for the RM-ODP;
modelling languages for ODP system specification and implementation;
supporting tools (currently in use or under development);
extensions and refinements of the RM-ODP for particular application domains; andrecommendations for future developments of RM-ODP.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINESTo enable lively and productive discussions, attendance will be limited to 25 participants and 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 June 21, 2004, to the Workshop Chairs (wodpec2004@lcc.uma.es).
Authors will be notified of acceptance by July 12, 2004. At least one author of accepted papers should participate in the Workshop.

Workshop proceedings will be published on the conference CD-ROM, and all accepted papers will appear in the IEEE
Digital Library.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEEWORKSHOP CHAIRSGeneral Chair:
Barrett R. Bryant (University of Alabama-Birmingham, USA)
E-mail: bryant@cis.uab.edu
Program Chairs:
David H. Akehurst (University of Kent, UK)
E-mail: D.H.Akehurst@kent.ac.uk
Marten van Sinderen (University of Twente, Netherlands)
E-mail: sinderen@ctit.utwente.nl
Workshop Chair:
Jishnu Mukherji (Hewlett-Packard, USA)
E-mail: jishnu@hp.com
Local Organization Chair:
Mikhail Auguston (Naval Postgraduate School, USA)
E-mail: auguston@cs.nps.navy.mil

Peter F. Linington
Antonio Vallecillo
Bryan Wood

CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEEColin Atkinson, Chair (University of Mannheim, Germany)
Keith Duddy (DSTC, Australia)
Zoran Milosevic (DSTC, Australia)
Sanya Uehara (Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan)
Guijun Wang (Boeing, USA)
Alain Wegmann (EPFL, Switzerland)

IMPORTANT DATESWorkshop papers due:Author notification:
Final papers due:Workshop dates:

21 June 2004
12 July 2004
15 August 2004
20 September 2004

University of Kent (UK)
University of Málaga (Spain)
Open-IT (UK)

WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Dave Akehurst
University of Kent (UK)Jean Bérubé
Idegenic (Canada)
Jonathan Billington
University of South Australia (Australia)
Celso González
IBM (Canada)
Haim Kilov
Stevens Institute of Technology (US)Lea Kutvonen
University of Helsinki (Findland)
Juliette Le-Delliou
EDF (France)
Peter F. Linington
University of Kent (UK)Arve Meisingset
Telenor (Norway)
Joaquin Miller
X-Change Technologies (US)Tom RuttCoast Enterprises, INCITS T3 IR (US)Akira Tanaka
Hitachi (Japan)
Sandy Tyndale-Biscoe
Open-IT (UK)
Antonio Vallecillo
University of Málaga (Spain)
Bryan Wood
Open-IT (UK)

Further information about the Workshop is available at
http://www.lcc.uma.es/~av/wodpec2004