<s>
UML	B-Language
Partners	I-Language
was	O
a	O
consortium	O
of	O
system	O
integrators	O
and	O
vendors	O
convened	O
in	O
1996	O
to	O
specify	O
the	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UML	B-Language
Partners	I-Language
 '	O
UML	B-Language
1.0	O
specification	O
draft	O
was	O
proposed	O
to	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
(	O
OMG	O
)	O
in	O
January	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
the	O
UML	B-Language
Partners	I-Language
formed	O
a	O
Semantics	O
Task	O
Force	O
,	O
chaired	O
by	O
Cris	O
Kobryn	O
,	O
to	O
finalize	O
the	O
semantics	O
of	O
the	O
specification	O
and	O
integrate	O
it	O
with	O
other	O
standardization	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
work	O
,	O
UML	B-Language
1.1	O
,	O
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
OMG	O
in	O
August	O
1997	O
and	O
adopted	O
by	O
the	O
OMG	O
in	O
November	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
