from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Object Data Management Group
Object Database Management Group
ODMG
<body, database> (ODMG, previously ".. Database ..") An
independent consortium that specifies universal {object}
storage {standards}.
ODMG's members include {object-oriented database} management
system (ODBMS) vendors and other interested parties. They aim
to increase portability of customer software across products.
On 1998-04-27 ODMG changed its name from the Object Database
Management Group to reflect the expansion of its efforts
beyond merely setting storage standards for object databases.
(http://odmg.org/).
(2000-05-23)