---
title: "Preface"
chapter: "Preface"
source: "OMG BPMN 2.0.2 — formal/2013-12-09"
pages: "xxvii-xxviii"
---

# Preface

> Prefácio · páginas xxvii-xxviii · [índice](README.md)

## About the Object Management Group

### OMG

Founded in 1989, the Object Management Group, Inc. (OMG) is an open membership, not-for-profit computer industry standards consortium that produces and maintains computer industry specifications for interoperable, portable, and reusable enterprise applications in distributed, heterogeneous environments. Membership includes Information Technology vendors, end users, government agencies, and academia.

OMG member companies write, adopt, and maintain its specifications following a mature, open process. OMG's specifications implement the Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®), maximizing ROI through a full-lifecycle approach to enterprise integration that covers multiple operating systems, programming languages, middleware and networking infrastructures, and software development environments. OMG's specifications include: UML® (Unified Modeling Language™); CORBA® (Common Object Request Broker Architecture); CWM™ (Common Warehouse Metamodel); and industry-specific standards for dozens of vertical markets.

More information on the OMG is available at <http://www.omg.org/>.

## OMG Specifications

As noted, OMG specifications address middleware, modeling and vertical domain frameworks. All OMG specifications are available from the OMG website at:

<http://www.omg.org/spec>

Specifications are organized by the following categories:

### Business Modeling Specifications

### Middleware Specifications

- CORBA/IIOP
- Data Distribution Services
- Specialized CORBA

### IDL/Language Mapping Specifications

### Modeling and Metadata Specifications

- UML, MOF, CWM, XMI
- UML Profile

### Modernization Specifications

### Platform Independent Model (PIM), Platform Specific Model (PSM), Interface Specifications

- CORBAServices
- CORBAFacilities

### OMG Domain Specifications

### CORBA Embedded Intelligence Specifications

### CORBA Security Specifications

All of OMG's formal specifications may be downloaded without charge from our website. (Products implementing OMG specifications are available from individual suppliers.) Copies of specifications, available in PostScript and PDF format, may be obtained from the link cited above or by contacting the Object Management Group, Inc. at:

> OMG Headquarters  
> 109 Highland Avenue  
> Needham, MA 02494  
> USA  
> Tel: +1-781-444-0404  
> Fax: +1-781-444-0320  
> Email: <pubs@omg.org>

Certain OMG specifications are also available as ISO standards. Please consult <http://www.iso.org>.

## Typographical Conventions

The type styles shown below are used in this document to distinguish programming statements from ordinary English. However, these conventions are not used in tables or section headings where no distinction is necessary.

| Estilo | Uso no documento |
| --- | --- |
| Times/Times New Roman — 10 pt. | Standard body text |
| Helvetica/Arial — 10 pt. **Bold** | OMG Interface Definition Language (OMG IDL) and syntax elements. |
| Courier — 10 pt. **Bold** | Programming language elements. |
| Helvetica/Arial — 10 pt. | Exceptions |

> **Note** — Terms that appear in *italics* are defined in the glossary. Italic text also represents the name of a document, specification, or other publication.

## Issues

The reader is encouraged to report any technical or editing issues/problems with this specification to <http://www.omg.org/report_issue.htm>.