<s>
Event	B-General_Concept
Processing	I-General_Concept
Technical	I-General_Concept
Society	I-General_Concept
(	O
EPTS	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
inclusive	O
group	O
of	O
organizations	O
and	O
individuals	O
aiming	O
to	O
increase	O
awareness	O
of	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
,	O
foster	O
topics	O
for	O
future	O
standardization	O
,	O
and	O
establish	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
separate	O
academic	O
discipline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
EPTS	O
is	O
development	O
of	O
shared	O
understanding	O
of	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
terminology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
turn	O
it	O
would	O
lead	O
to	O
establishment	O
of	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
discipline	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
society	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
follow	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
Database	O
technology	O
when	O
relational	B-Architecture
theory	I-Architecture
provided	O
theoretical	O
foundation	O
and	O
homogenized	O
the	O
technology	O
through	O
introduction	O
of	O
Structured	B-Language
Query	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
SQL	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EPTS	O
members	O
hope	O
that	O
through	O
combination	O
of	O
academic	O
research	O
,	O
vendor	O
experience	O
and	O
customer	O
data	O
they	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
develop	O
a	O
unified	O
glossary	O
,	O
language	O
,	O
and	O
architecture	O
that	O
would	O
homogenize	O
Event	B-Operating_System
Processing	I-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
similar	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Use	B-Architecture
Case	I-Architecture
WG	O
collects	O
and	O
documents	O
variety	O
of	O
usage	O
scenarios	O
of	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
in	O
broad	O
spectrum	O
of	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
order	O
to	O
classify	O
such	O
applications	O
;	O
The	O
group	O
has	O
already	O
collected	O
use	B-Architecture
cases	I-Architecture
from	O
Enterprise	O
Information	O
Technology	O
Management	O
,	O
Fraud	O
Detection	O
,	O
Business	O
Process	O
Management	O
,	O
Health	O
Care	O
,	O
and	O
Stock	O
Trading	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
also	O
created	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
questionnaire	O
to	O
capture	O
various	O
facets	O
of	O
use	B-Architecture
cases	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Architecture	O
WG	O
attempts	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
reference	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
for	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2009	O
the	O
meta-model	O
working	O
group	O
has	O
been	O
merged	O
with	O
the	O
reference	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
working	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
of	O
this	O
group	O
are	O
usually	O
members	O
of	O
standards	O
organizations	O
such	O
as	O
OASIS	O
,	O
W3C	O
,	O
RuleML	O
,	O
OMG	O
,	O
DMTF	O
and	O
others	O
-	O
see	O
the	O
Event	B-Operating_System
Processing	I-Operating_System
standards	O
reference	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
EPTS	O
reference	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
is	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Language	O
Analysis	O
WG	O
is	O
collecting	O
and	O
organizing	O
examples	O
of	O
various	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
languages	O
used	O
in	O
industry	O
and	O
research	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
extract	O
the	O
language	O
dimensions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
get	O
to	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
agreed	O
mechanisms	O
that	O
would	O
allow	O
interoperability	O
between	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
systems	O
produced	O
by	O
different	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Glossary	O
WG	O
is	O
developing	O
a	O
glossary	O
of	O
terms	O
for	O
Event	B-Operating_System
Processing	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
partner	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
scientific	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
conference	O
:	O
,	O
the	O
major	O
scientific	O
rules	O
conference	O
:	O
International	O
Web	O
Rule	O
Symposium	O
(	O
RuleML	O
)	O
and	O
also	O
launched	O
two	O
Dagstuhl	O
seminars	O
on	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
,	O
one	O
in	O
May	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
was	O
held	O
in	O
May	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
event	B-Operating_System
processing	I-Operating_System
community	O
is	O
still	O
active	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
EPTS	O
seems	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
a	O
passive	O
state	O
at	O
the	O
moment	O
.	O
</s>
