====== Welcome to the OMG Central Bank Digital Currency (OMG-CBDC) Working Group (WG) Wiki ======

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==== Contact Us: ====
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===== Purpose of Wiki =====
The  [[cbdc:private:04_cbdc_guide:06_append:glossary:o:omg]] wiki for [[cbdc:private:04_cbdc_guide:06_append:glossary:c:cbdc]] is managed by the OMG-CBDC Working Group (WG) within the OMG. It provides a place where interested parties can share publicly and among themselves information about the establishment of CBDCs. This includes capturing a Glossary of Terms, Bibliography, Acronyms, User Experiences, and content that helps explain idea and concepts important to the community such as Requirements, Overview Explanations and any applicable technical standards from [[cbdc:private:04_cbdc_guide:06_append:glossary:s:sdo| community such as Requirements, Overview Explanations and any applicable technical standards from Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs) ]] or //de facto// standards developed as Open Source Software or by corporations that are applicable to the CBDC.

===== About Object Management Group (OMG) =====

The Object Management Group® (OMG) is a [[cbdc:private:04_cbdc_guide:06_append:glossary:s:sdo]] that is international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards consortium.

Founded in 1989, OMG standards are driven by vendors, end-users, academic institutions and government agencies. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies and an even wider range of industries.

===== About Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) =====

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) represents the digital form a [[cbdc:private:04_cbdc_guide:06_append:glossary:f:fiatcurrrency]] issued for a particular [[cbdc:private:04_cbdc_guide:06_append:glossary:f:fiatmoney]] from nation (or region), and is issued and regulated by the competent monetary authority of the country.((
__Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)__, Shobhit Seth, Investopedia, 6 September 2018, Accessed 24 July 2020, [[https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/central-bank-digital-currency-cbdc.asp]]
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==== WIKI Organization ====

The OMG-CBDC WKI site is organized into a private and a public area. 
  * **[[cbdc:private|Private Area]]** - this is for internal use. The information could be for private use only such as information about topics that are considered [[cbdc:private:04_cbdc_guide:06_append:glossary:i:intelp]] or it may be content that is "Under Construction" and is not ready for release to the public.
  * **[[cbdc:public|Public Area ]]** - this is for content that has been approved for public release and requires no approval to access and can be indexed y search engines. **Note:** Each page has its own clean [[cbdc:private:04_cbdc_guide:06_append:glossary:u:uri]] allowing it to be referenced easily by outside documents, web pages, or applications.