<s>
SysML	B-Language
Partners	I-Language
is	O
a	O
consortium	O
of	O
software	O
tool	O
vendors	O
and	O
industry	O
leaders	O
organized	O
in	O
2003	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
Systems	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
SysML	B-Language
)	O
,	O
a	O
dialect	O
of	O
UML	B-Language
customized	O
for	O
systems	O
engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
consortium	O
was	O
founded	O
and	O
organized	O
by	O
Cris	O
Kobryn	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
chaired	O
the	O
UML	B-Language
1.1	O
and	O
UML	B-Language
2.0	O
specification	O
teams	O
,	O
and	O
Sandy	O
Friedenthal	O
,	O
chair	O
of	O
the	O
OMG	B-Architecture
Systems	O
Engineering	O
Special	O
Interest	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SysML	B-Language
Partners	I-Language
defined	O
SysML	B-Language
as	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
specification	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
specifications	O
include	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
license	O
for	O
distribution	O
and	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SysML	B-Language
Partners	I-Language
completed	O
their	O
SysML	B-Language
v	O
.	O
1.0a	O
specification	O
draft	O
and	O
submitted	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
in	O
November	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
recognition	O
of	O
their	O
contributions	O
to	O
modeling	O
,	O
the	O
SysML	B-Language
Partners	I-Language
were	O
named	O
a	O
winner	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Modeling	O
Category	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
SD	O
Times	O
100	O
for	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
