<s>
The	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
(	O
OMG	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
computer	O
industry	O
standards	O
consortium	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founded	O
in	O
1989	O
by	O
eleven	O
companies	O
(	O
including	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
,	O
American	O
Airlines	O
,	O
iGrafx	O
,	O
and	O
Data	O
General	O
)	O
,	O
OMG	O
's	O
initial	O
focus	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
heterogeneous	O
distributed	B-Architecture
object	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
OMG	O
adopted	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UML	B-Language
is	O
a	O
standardized	O
general-purpose	O
modeling	O
language	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
object-oriented	O
software	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
Business	B-Architecture
Process	I-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Initiative	I-Architecture
(	O
BPMI.org	O
)	O
and	O
OMG	O
announced	O
the	O
merger	O
of	O
their	O
respective	O
Business	O
Process	O
Management	O
(	O
BPM	O
)	O
activities	O
to	O
form	O
the	O
Business	O
Modeling	O
and	O
Integration	O
Domain	O
Task	O
Force	O
(	O
BMI	O
DTF	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
the	O
Business	B-Architecture
Process	I-Architecture
Model	I-Architecture
and	I-Architecture
Notation	I-Architecture
(	O
BPMN	B-Architecture
)	O
was	O
adopted	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
by	O
OMG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
OMG	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
Software	O
Engineering	O
Institute	O
at	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
launched	O
the	O
Consortium	B-Application
of	I-Application
IT	I-Application
Software	I-Application
Quality	I-Application
(	O
CISQ	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Founding	O
sponsors	O
included	O
CA	O
,	O
IBM	O
,	O
Kaavo	B-General_Concept
,	O
Rackspace	O
and	O
Software	O
AG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
push	O
for	O
adoption	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
the	O
Consortium	B-Application
for	O
IT	O
Software	O
Quality	O
(	O
CISQ	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
OMG	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
managing	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
Industrial	O
Internet	O
Consortium	B-Application
(	O
IIC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
