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Fwd: IEEE Cloud Computing magazine initial editorial
by Sill, Alan 22 May '14

22 May '14

FYI, the first issue editorial to introduce the "Standards and Compliance" section that I will be editing of the new IEEE Cloud Computing magazine is attached below. Publication is expected in mid-June. Please let me know if you know anyone who you think we would like to write articles for submission. The topics of interest are very wide and are described in the editorial. Thanks! Alan Begin forwarded message: From: Joan Taylor <joanct12(a)gmail.com<mailto:joanct12@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: Page proof corrections for "StandardsNow" column and initial IEEE Cloud Computing editorial Date: May 22, 2014 at 1:40:38 PM CDT To: "Sill, Alan" <alan.sill(a)ttu.edu<mailto:alan.sill@ttu.edu>> Dear Alan, I apologize for the long delay. I've attached the updated "Standards and Compliance" area article. We made the changes to the paragraph you requested. We also fixed "infrastructure as a service." However, CS style is to use all lowercase letters in the definitions of IaaS, SaaS, and PaaS. Thank you for your patience! Best Regards, Joan

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OCCI on github
by Jean Parpaillon 12 May '14

12 May '14

Hi all, I've just discovered there is an OCCI group on github, "mirroring" a lot of interesting OCCI related resources. IMO, popularity and tools associated with github is really good for diffusing OCCI ! I have 2 questions: - how to be mirrored by github's OCCI group ? (yep, I'm thinking about erocci :) ) - the occi-extensions repository is empty. Could it be possible to put/mirror specifications on it ? While OGF reopository is organized with branches for each draft specification, it does not allow a user to easily get what's ongoing work. I would suggest to organize it with directories, instead of branches. Something like: /stable -> stable specifications /draft -> ongoing specifications, for which there is a (draft) document + formal description (XML ?) /experimental -> formal description (XML), but no document For specifications categories, why not inspire from XMPP ( http://xmpp.org/xmpp-protocols/xmpp-extensions/ ): active (or stable), deprecated, draft, experimental, etc. Anyway we organize it, I strongly support having formal description (XML) associated with specifications, so that implementations conformance is easier to achieve. Best regards, -- Jean Parpaillon Open Source Consultant Phone: +33 6 30 10 92 86 im: jean.parpaillon(a)gmail.com skype: jean.parpaillon linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanparpaillon/en

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New entry: Adding Support for a New IaaS Provider - Apache Stratos - Apache Software Foundation
by Sill, Alan 18 Apr '14

18 Apr '14

Thought you would be interested in the following link. Topic: Apache Stratos %u2026 4.0.0 Extending Apache Stratos 4.0.0 Adding Support for a New IaaS Provider Skip to end of metadata Attachments:2 Added by Nirmal Fernando, last edited by Mariangela Hills on Apr 17, 2014 †(view change) Go to start of metadata The Apache Stratos allows you to add a support for a new IaaS provider which Apache Jclouds supports. Following steps describe how you could leverage this feature and provides support for a new IaaS. Link: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/STRATOS/4.0.0+Adding+support+fo… Alan

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A paper about OCCI monitoring...
by Augusto Ciuffoletti 11 Apr '14

11 Apr '14

...has been accepted at Closer 2014 <http://closer.scitevents.org/>. The content is similar to that of the document currently proposed to this WG, but it has been made more readable to reach a wider audience. In particular, there is an introductive section explaining the basics of the OCCI model. It will be presented by myself on April 4th in Barcelona. A copy of the full paper will be soon available, probably through ResearchGate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Augusto_Ciuffoletti/> or LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/augusto-ciuffoletti/5/b08/b3a>together with the slides and (maybe) a webcast. Anybody else at CLOSER? Pls get in touch so we can meet each other. Bye Augusto -- Augusto Ciuffoletti Via Milano 118 38122 - Trento

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Talk and paper on hypermedia in design
by Sill, Alan 10 Apr '14

10 Apr '14

OCCI folks, I ran into the following paper, also presented as a talk at WS-REST this weekend, and thought you might like to see it. I'd be interested in your response! Paper: Pragmatic Hypermedia: Creating a Generic, Self-Inflating API Client for Production Use by Pete Gamache, Localytics, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts, USA http://petegamache.com/wsrest2014-gamache.pdf Talk: Better Laziness Though Hypermedia http://petegamache.com/wsrest2014-gamache-slides.pdf In general, I heard a thread running through the conference of "%$^&*() the API; we just want good libraries." I thought that was a bit disturbing and short-sighted, but understandable, and perhaps could be cured by a better design pattern. Hypermedia seems to be one [possible contributor to better design. Thoughts? Cheers, Alan

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Hello World: What your API would look like as a WebPage
by Sill, Alan 08 Apr '14

08 Apr '14

This is fun. Topic: What Your API Would Look Like As A WebPage ... or, do you really want to write your API in .txt? Link: http://blog.sgo.to/2014/04/what-your-api-would-look-like-as-webpage.html Alan

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OpenStack User Survey [incl Fwd: Tim Bell (@noggin143) retweeted one of your Tweets!]
by Alan Sill 06 Apr '14

06 Apr '14

OCCI group members, FYI. Please review the user survey link below and mount a serious campaign to get OCCI (through OCCI-OS or any other appropriate means) supported permanently in OpenStack. (Same goes for other projects in which we have successfully been able to get a pilot project or interface!) News: I will fund a CAC project at TTU to put students on appropriate implementation projects to support this and other related topics if you will tell them what to do! I think others would also at other institutes, if you will give them a little direction. The EGI Federated Cloud and other spinoff efforts are also adding significantly to the boost for efforts on standards and standards-based approaches. Please repeat and re-tweet! Best regards, Alan Begin forwarded message: From: "Tim Bell (via Twitter)" <notify(a)twitter.com> Subject: Tim Bell (@noggin143) retweeted one of your Tweets! Date: April 6, 2014 at 12:20:57 PM CDT To: OGF Standards <afsill(a)ogf.org> OGF Standards, Your Tweet got retweeted! OGF Standards @OGFStandards Want @occiwg’s OCCI supported permanently in @OpenStack? Participate in the User Survey by April 11:openstack.org/user-survey/ 12:02 PM - 06 Apr 14 Retweeted by Tim Bell @noggin143 To 873 followers. Learn more about @noggin143. View their profile Forgot your Twitter password? Get instructions on how to reset it. You can also unsubscribe from these emails or change your notification settings. Need help? If you received this message in error and did not sign up for Twitter, click not my account. Twitter, Inc. 1355 Market St., Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103

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Reminder: confcall tomorrow @ 4pm UTC
by Metsch, Thijs 01 Apr '14

01 Apr '14

Hi all, Quick reminder that we'll do a conference call tomorrow. Dialin details (hangout I presume) and agenda will follow. Please note the time and convert it into your time zone (e.g. 6pm CEST, 11am CDT). Looking forward to our call tomorrow, -Thijs Intel GmbH Dornacher Strasse 1 85622 Feldkirchen/Muenchen, Deutschland Sitz der Gesellschaft: Feldkirchen bei Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Christian Lamprechter, Hannes Schwaderer, Douglas Lusk Registergericht: Muenchen HRB 47456 Ust.-IdNr./VAT Registration No.: DE129385895 Citibank Frankfurt a.M. (BLZ 502 109 00) 600119052

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Fwd: OGF collaboration in H2020
by Sill, Alan 26 Mar '14

26 Mar '14

OCCI folks, I am passing this message and inquiry on without comment. (OGF always remains neutral but is happy to provide letters of support to any external funding agency proposal.) Alan Begin forwarded message: > From: Nick Kaklanis <nkak(a)iti.gr> > Subject: OGF collaboration in H2020 > Date: March 26, 2014 at 9:08:32 AM EDT > To: <adcom-chair(a)ogf.org> > Cc: <operations(a)ogf.org>, <standards(a)ogf.org>, Dionisis Kehagias <diok(a)iti.gr>, Nick Kaklanis <nkak(a)iti.gr> > > Dear OGF Chair, > > My name is Nick Kaklanis and I am a researcher at CERTH-ITI (http://www.iti.gr/) > > In CERTH-ITI we are preparing a new H2020 proposal under ICT-7 "Advanced Cloud Infrastructures and Services". > > Currently the consortium has been almost finalised, including 3 R&D partners, 2 cloud provider companies, 2 cloud consumer companies and one integrator. We would like also to have a standardisation body in the consortium. Thus, we would like to invite you to participate in the consortium with OGF. Attached you may find a summary of the proposal. If necessary, you may forward it confidentially to any other person in OGF (e.g. anyone involved in cloud computing standardisation activities). > > In case you need more details on the CLAUDIUS proposal, feel free to contact me at any time. > > Looking forward to your decision. > > Best regards, > Nick > > -- > Nikolaos Kaklanis > Information & Communication Systems Engineer, MSc, PhD > Research Associate - Information Technologies Institute > Centre for Research and Technology Hellas > 6th Klm. Charilaou - Thermi Road > P.O. BOX 60361 GR - 570 01 > Thessaloniki, Greece > Tel.: +30-2311-257751 > Fax : +30-2310-474128 > E-mail : nkak(a)iti.gr > >

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OCCI relations extension
by Jean Parpaillon 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Hi all, I've just began a document to describe an OCCI extension for relations betwenn resources[0]. This model is inspired from work on Mancoosi[1] and Aeolus[2] projects. I've seen that platform extension describes some links between resources but, IMHO, these links should not be specific to a particular extension. For instance, an application could depend on specific compute memory amount but also a software application. This is reason why I'm proposing to describe these relations in a generic way. That way, for instance, a Manifest (as defined by CompatibleOne) could be simply described with a simple resource of "Manifest" kind with a list of links from the relation extension. Any comment welcome ! Jean [0] https://docs.google.com/document/d/11nb7y0JEP6CKnTRjrU-LAkXW-NOQmhIbOKkCM4R… [1] http://www.mancoosi.org/cudf/ [2] http://www.aeolus-project.org/ -- Jean Parpaillon Open Source Consultant Phone: +33 6 30 10 92 86 im: jean.parpaillon(a)gmail.com skype: jean.parpaillon linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanparpaillon/en

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