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@ogf.org> wrote: