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Plug Fest CALL - now...
by Mark Carlson 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

------------------------------------------------------- Meeting information ------------------------------------------------------- Topic: Cloud Plug Fest Planning Meeting Date: Tuesdays Time: 11:00 am, Mountain Standard Time (Denver, GMT-07:00) Meeting Number: 591 654 337 Meeting Password: cloud2011 ------------------------------------------------------- To start or join the online meeting ------------------------------------------------------- Go to https://oracleweb.webex.com/oracleweb/j.php?ED=153933377&UID=494227547&PW=N… <https://oracleweb.webex.com/oracleweb/j.php?ED=153933377&UID=494227547&PW=N…> ------------------------------------------------------- Teleconference information ------------------------------------------------------- Call-in toll-free number: 1-(866) 682-4770 (US) Call-in number: 1-(408) 774-4073 (US) Show global numbers: https://www2.audiocontrols.net/WebExAdaptor/globalnumber?participantcode=12… <https://www2.audiocontrols.net/WebExAdaptor/globalnumber?participantcode=12…> Conference Code: 1212488# Security Code: 1212#

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OCCI ANTLR Grammar
by Edmonds, AndrewX 22 Mar '11

22 Mar '11

(In follow up to my previous mail). I've placed my OCCI ANTLR grammar up on github [1]. There is some brief documentation (presentation here [4] ) and examples on how to get working with the grammar. There are 2 grammars. The first is just the generic grammar with no target language ANTLR actions [2]. The second is the same grammar but with Java-specific target language ANTLR actions [3]. Those actions extract the values the parser encounters and assembles a data structure that can then be queried. This all happens after validation of the text request/response received. The grammar's lexer and parser can be used both in client and service code. For clients, the lexer/parser can be used to read the response from an OCCI server and also validate outbound requests to a service. For services, the lexer/parser can be used to validate the requests from clients, extract values (if using a target specific grammar) and then validate the responses sent back to the clients. Of course, the grammar's lexer/parser is ideal for use in your test suites especially for testing the serialization of your OCCI model to text. You shouldn't worry about deserialisation as that should be the job of the ANTLR grammar - with the relevant ANTLR actions. The grammar and associated code is released under the BSD license so please feel free to fork and use it. I know myself from experience that writing parsers is a PITA and why repeat (DRY!) when you can leverage not just our experience of specifying OCCI but also that of the ANTLR community in creating parser generators! Win! If anyone would like a walkthrough of this stuff, I can do so again at next week's OCCI confcall as I won't be able to participate at Taipei. Andy [1] http://github.com/dizz/occi-grammar [2] http://github.com/dizz/occi-grammar/tree/master/occi-antlr-grammar [3] http://github.com/dizz/occi-grammar/tree/master/occi-antlr-java [4] http://dl.dropbox.com/u/165239/OCCI-ANTLR.ppt ------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Ireland Limited (Branch) Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland Registered Number: E902934 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.

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New generic OCCI library released
by Ralf Nyren 21 Mar '11

21 Mar '11

Hi, I have released my OCCI library now. It is available on PyPi and the project site is hosted at github: https://github.com/nyren/occi-py The library will give you a full featured OCCI implementation with a robust design. A simple server backend interface is provided for easy integration into your favorite application. Supplied with the package is a demo program which launches an OCCI server with a "dummy" in-memory backend. A Redis backend is in the works and will likely be available in a couple of weeks. I have made the demo available at the below URL so please have a go at it and let me know if you find any issues. http://www.nyren.net/api/ regards, Ralf

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Fwd: Call for Papers: Cloud Forum for Practitioners
by Alan Sill 19 Mar '11

19 Mar '11

FYI, see announcement below. Alan Begin forwarded message: > From: Jia Zhang <jiazhang(a)cs.niu.edu> > Date: March 19, 2011 7:35:46 AM GMT+08:00 > To: "Sill, Alan" <alan.sill(a)ttu.edu> > Subject: Call for Papers: Cloud Forum for Practitioners > Reply-To: "jiazhang(a)cs.niu.edu" <jiazhang(a)cs.niu.edu> > > IEEE ICFP 2011 Call for Papers (2-5 pages) > The 2nd IEEE Cloud Forum for Practitioners (ICFP 2011) > August 7-8, 2011 > Washington Marriott Hotel > Washington DC > http://www.ieeereliability.com/CloudForum/index.htm > Online paper submission site: http://www.confhub.com/conf.php?id=235 > Important Dates: > > Paper Submission Due Date: 4/5/2011 > Decision Notification (Electronic): 4/8/2011 > Camera-Ready Copy Due Date & Pre-registration Due: 4/15/2011 > > ICFP'11 will be part of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2011) and 9th IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2011). > > ICFP'11 seeks to offer recommendations and suggestions on the questions concerning how to move IT resources into clouds, especially when faced with security and reliability concerns. > > Accepted and presented papers will appear in the Proceedings of 2011 World Congress on Services Computing (CONGRESS) published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Please see the conference website above for paper submission requirements and details. > > If you have any questions or queries on ICFP 2011, please send email to ICFP2011(a)ieeereliability.com. Thanks! > >

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News from Cloudscape
by Sill, Alan 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

OCCI talk is now up on the Siena web site -> Cloudscape III link -> agenda page. Feedback has been good here; there is a lot of interest and essentially all projects I have seen presented have mentioned OCCI and are planning to update their implementations where necessary to come up to the latest spec versions. We are now looking forward to putting together a demo session in one of the two booked slots for OGF 31 next week. Talk to Thijs or Alexander for the details -- it looks like it is going to come together. Thanks for all the material and work that led to this. Alan

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Reminder: concall in 2h
by Thijs Metsch 16 Mar '11

16 Mar '11

Hi, We open the bridge - I'll only be available for a short timeframe in the beginning. We'll discuss our F2F in Boulder, CO and Andy has create some cool ANTLR grammar stuff which we can quickly talk about. All the best, -Thijs P.S. bridge infos as always: http://forge.ogf.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.occi-wg/wiki/Teleconferen…

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OCCI F2F meeting in Boulder, Colorado (USA)
by Thijs Metsch 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Hi @all, I'm pleased to announce that we are going to organize a F2F meeting for OCCI in the United States (in Boulder, Colorado). Thanks to Mark Carlson from Oracle who helped set this up - my feeling is that this is a follow up on the Cloud Plug Fest and all our collaboration efforts with other Standards and groups till now. Most likely we'll meet will happen during the DMTF Alliance Partner Technical Symposium (more details here: http://dmtf.org/news/events/2011apts/2011_schedule) on Monday and Tuesday. Please feel free to register and point out that your are going to be available. During this F2F we would like to address and discuss some topics (the agenda is not fixed yet and can change if needed): * Update on OCCI actvities * OCCI demos (Input welcome - maybe from the Cloud Plug Fest?) * CDMI/OCCI integration * OCCI/OVF integration * Initial JSOn rendering discussions * Collaboration withs NIST * Security related discussions. As greater outcome of this event we have planned to write a document which focuses on the intergration of major standards regarding clouds. In more detail on how standard's from DMTF/OGF/SNIA can work together to create a cloud service offering. I would like to invite all to bring in their ideas on this topic! Cheers, -Thijs

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OCCI talk for Cloudscape III
by Alan Sill 15 Mar '11

15 Mar '11

Please make any comments... I will give this to Nick in the morning. Alan

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Re: [occi-wg] occi-wg Digest, Vol 24, Issue 13
by Eugene Luster 12 Mar '11

12 Mar '11

Hello all, I agree with Gary. <...prepare for a nano-rant...and one caveat> Caveat: Bob and Cary persevered against a challenging timetable and incorporating many suggestions (and likely lost a bit of sleep) to submit this paper on time. Under these circumstances, it is a job well done. To reinforce, this paper is like a cloud computing RA shopping list. It is a "melange" (I hope this means what I think it means) of reference architecture concepts from both SDOs and commercial bodies. Though this paper is not as focused as I would desire, it attempts to present NIST with valuable ideas to ponder. I would like NIST to consider modifying the diagram similar with Michael's suggestion though I differ a bit with regards to security. My concept for security ideally, would be more pervasive. Perhaps a blanket covering all aspects. The OCCI wg holds enough independent SDO prestige that any suggestions would be well considered by NIST. So if you have any recommendations, please send them to Alan (Mr. Sills has been working a very difficult path guiding NIST, if someone actually sees Alan, please pat him on the back for me) or this wg. If I can get home from Japan, I will send in recommendations. Take care, Eugene On Mar 12, 2011 4:29 AM, <occi-wg-request(a)ogf.org> wrote:

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Fwd: NIST RAAT's comments and recommendations
by Alan Sill 11 Mar '11

11 Mar '11

The NIST Reference Architecture Analysis Team is wrapping up its work as input for the report to be prepared prior to the upcoming NIST Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop III. The attached represents the current output of the analysis team. Can the OCCI OGF work group members please look this over and offer any insight or comments that may come to mind, please? We need this ASAP. Thanks, Alan Begin forwarded message: > From: Babak Jahromi <babakj(a)microsoft.com> > Date: March 11, 2011 12:00:45 PM CST > To: Hung Nguyen <Hung.Nguyen(a)nara.gov>, "micheledrgon(a)dataprobity.com" <micheledrgon(a)dataprobity.com>, "garymazzaferro(a)gmail.com" <garymazzaferro(a)gmail.com>, "Stavinoha Ken <kstavino(a)mail.com" <Stavinoha Ken <kstavino(a)mail.com>, Gregg Brown <greggb(a)microsoft.com>, "John V. Messina" <john.messina(a)nist.gov>, Frederic de Vaulx <f.devaulx(a)prometheuscomputing.com>, "Sill, Alan" <alan.sill(a)ttu.edu>, Cary Landis <clandis(a)virtualglobal.com> > Cc: "Robert B. Bohn" <robert.bohn(a)nist.gov> > Subject: RE: RAAT's comments and recommendations > > Hung, > > My comments are added to the attached files. Overall, it is a great job done, everyone! > > Thanks, > > Babak > > > > From: Hung Nguyen [mailto:Hung.Nguyen@nara.gov] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 6:18 AM > To: micheledrgon(a)dataprobity.com; garymazzaferro(a)gmail.com; Stavinoha Ken <kstavino(a)mail.com; Babak Jahromi; Gregg Brown; John V. Messina; Frederic de Vaulx; Alan Sill; Cary Landis > Cc: Robert B. Bohn > Subject: RE: RAAT's comments and recommendations > > > Good morning RAAT members, > > I hope you are doing great. I copied you in my reply to Bob's email earlier this week. I just want to remind you that this will be our last opportunity to enhance our comments and recommendations. Please feel free to add and make changes to the attached document. > > I've asked Bob to give our team until 3/14 to finalize the document. > > Thanks, > Hung > > >>> Hung Nguyen 3/9/2011 2:55 PM >>> > Hello Bob, > > I hope you are doing great. Thank you very much for your question. Based on the RAAT's diverse in opinions at Monday's meeting, I think the team will have to tweak version v0.5 report before we submit the finalized version as v1.0. > > Please give us until Monday 3/14/11 to incorporate all the changes that were discussed this past Monday. > > RAAT members: Please let Gregg and I know of your final comments before the report is submitted to Bob as the final deliverable. > > Thanks, > Hung > > >>> "Bohn, Robert B." <robert.bohn(a)nist.gov> 3/9/2011 2:29 PM >>> > Hung, > > Quick question about the naming convention on your report. I see it ends in “v0.5”. Is this a final version of your deliverable or version 0.5? > > Frankly, I would like to call it your team’s final copy since we will be working on the developing questions based off of the recommendations. > > > > -Bob > From: Hung Nguyen [mailto:Hung.Nguyen@nara.gov] > Sent: Friday, March 04, 2011 1:15 PM > To: PStingley(a)blm.gov; micheledrgon(a)dataprobity.com; marlin.pohlman(a)emc.com; Bob Marcus; Eugene Luster; garymazzaferro(a)gmail.com; Ken Stavinoha; Randy Baklini; TYoung(a)icfi.com; Anne Fratzen; Dean Kemp; babakj(a)microsoft.com; Gregg Brown; Hung Nguyen; Frederic de Vaulx; Alan Sill; Cary Landis > Cc: Bohn, Robert B. > Subject: RAAT's comments and recommendations > > > Good afternoon Reference Architecture Analysis Team (RAAT) members, > > Based on your analyses and comments, the attached is a MS Word document containing our draft comments and recommendations. Gregg Brown will lead the discussion on Monday, March 7. Please let Gregg and I know if you have additional comments or recommendations after Monday's meeting. > > On behalf of Bob Bohn, I would like to thank you for your hard work, time, and effort. I would like to also recognize Cary Landis for his inputs and help in QAing the draft document. > > Thanks again and have a pleasant weekend. > > Sincerely, > Hung Nguyen. > >

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