Dear OCCI and OGSA folks,

Please see the message below.  Do we have a reference architecture, either for OCCI or OGSA web services, to propose for inclusion into the list of reference architectures being gathered by NIST?

Please see the overall NIST working group pages at http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-cloud-computing/  for context.  

Thanks,
Alan

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From: Hung Nguyen <Hung.Nguyen@nara.gov>
Date: January 19, 2011 7:43:24 AM CST
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Cc: "Robert B. Bohn" <robert.bohn@nist.gov>
Subject: Reference Architecture sub-teams proposal

Dear Reference Architecture team members,

On behalf of Bob Bohn and the NIST team, Gregg Brown and I would like to extend our welcomes to each and everyone of you.  Thank you very much for volunteering to participate in the Reference Architecture analysis group. 

As you may be already aware, our task is to review the prepared document that was published to the NIST's twiki.  Please follow this link to the document --> http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-cloud-computing/pub/CloudComputing/ReferenceArchitectureTaxonomy/NIST_CCRATWG_004_ExistentReferenceModels_010311.pdf

There are nine reference architectures listed in the document, and there may be others which weren't listed.  Of the nine reference architectures, Gregg suggested that these architectures be organized into five different themes.  We would like to suggest for each member to pick a functional characteristic or utility to work on.  Additionally, each theme will need a leader.  Please let Gregg and I know of your intention.

1.)    RAs that incorporate the NIST service model

·         2.) Cloud Computing Use Cases

·         3.) IBM Cloud Reference

·         4.) CSA Cloud reference Model

·         7.) GSA Federal Cloud Computing Initiative

2.)    RAs that use software stacks

·         2.) Cloud Computing Use Cases

·         4.) CSA Cloud reference Model

3.)    RAs that focus on functional capabilities

·         1.) DMTF Cloud Service Reference Architecture

·         4.) CSA Cloud reference Model

·         6.) Open Security Alliance Secure Reference Models

·         7.) GSA Federal Cloud Computing Initiative

4.)    High technical abstraction

·         5.) Cisco Cloud Reference Architecture Model

·         9.) Elastra: A Cloud technology Reference Model  for Enterprise Clouds

5.)    RAs with user roles as a focus

·         3.) IBM Cloud Reference

·         6.) Open Security Alliance Secure Reference Models

A tight deadline has been published by the NIST team.  There will be a lot of work in-front of us.

Below is a list of volunteered.  In a next day or two, Gregg and I would like to have the sub-teams in-placed and ready to conduct analyses of the existence architectures.