I agree that the present trend of OCCI is not on resource features: OCCI gives a way to define and &quot;bind&quot; resource types, and gives the provider the freedom to decide such features. But the present model is influenced by the original, resource specific model. A discussion about a feature not yet figured out before the generalization process may be  <div>

of interest, after all.</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;m not sure if a clock can be considered as a resource in the OCCI way: as is, I see the clock more as a feature (attribute?) of (certain) resources. Like a processor speed for a compute resource. However, a master clock might be considered as a resource by itself, and other resources could be bound with OCCI links to indicate synchronization.</div>

<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/9/20 Gary Mazz <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:garymazzaferro@gmail.com">garymazzaferro@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">


  
    
  
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    Clocks are another type of virtualized hardware resource... <br><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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    On 9/19/2011 2:39 PM, Edmonds, AndrewX wrote:
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Sounds
            like a good discussion topic! It might be a little out of
            scope for OCCI, but who knows where the discussion might
            lead to or what it might highlight.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Andy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
        <div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm">
          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">
              <a href="mailto:occi-wg-bounces@ogf.org" target="_blank">occi-wg-bounces@ogf.org</a> [<a href="mailto:occi-wg-bounces@ogf.org" target="_blank">mailto:occi-wg-bounces@ogf.org</a>] <b>On
                Behalf Of </b>Augusto Ciuffoletti<br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 19, 2011 9:33 AM<br>
              <b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:occi-wg@ogf.org" target="_blank">occi-wg@ogf.org</a><br>
              <b>Subject:</b> [occi-wg] About clock synchronization in
              the cloud<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,<u></u><u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">I was wondering whether the features of
            the system clock of a virtual instance (compute or storage)
            may be of interest for the user. I wrote down 500 words on
            the topic (see Google doc below), and I&#39;d be pleased to know
            your opinions, taking advantage of the intense &quot;brain storm&quot;
            during next OGF.<u></u><u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1imafqyrVscdTbdfjngJ4Xfbg1DIoebdyzyQSPmDgOCY" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1imafqyrVscdTbdfjngJ4Xfbg1DIoebdyzyQSPmDgOCY</a><u></u><u></u></p>


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          <p class="MsoNormal">Bye<u></u><u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">Augusto<u></u><u></u></p>
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