[ACS-WG] [acs-wg] Service Modeling Language (SML)

[Michael Behrens]

I agree that it is a step ahead.  ACS could manage an SML XML document 
descriptor as well. :)
SML seems to me at first glance to weave together management and 
deployment/provisioning and potentially more.  If a "complete" model is 
rendered, then the model could be used to drive everything from 
determining where to best provision something (based on the use of 
constraints), and then know how to manage the system and dependencies.  
Maybe I'm reading too much into it for now - I'll need to study it more 
and try to figure out all the places where it can be applied.  It will 
be interesting to see their scenarios.
There is also a mention of a database to store and distribute models 
using the SML-IF potentially - a familiar pattern.

Keisuke Fukui wrote:

> Thanks, Mike!
>
> This sounds like a step ahead practice than today's framework. It may
> help us to do things more clearly. What is your idea on this?
>
>  -Keisuke
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> Michael Behrens wrote:
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>> (cross post):
>> Take a look at the SML links below, as it might affect ACS in the 
>> future....
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>> Hiro Kishimoto wrote:
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>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> In July 2006, Microsoft, IBM, HP, Intel and several other companies
>>>> have published "service modeling language (SML)." This is a XML based
>>>> language specification and expected to be used to model complex IT
>>>> services and systems, including their structure, constraints, 
>>>> policies,
>>>> and best practices. SML is based on a profile on XML Schema and
>>>> Schematron.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/dsi/serviceml.mspx
>>>>
>>>> This spec is still proprietary and authors are going to submit it
>>>> to one of SDOs maybe early this year (Q1).
>>>>
>>>> Heather Kreger, one of authors, will provide one hour educational
>>>> session. This session is *not* OGSA nor OGF session. They will explain
>>>> but no feedback allowed unless we sign a contributer agreement form.
>>>>
>>>> Date: January 15, Monday
>>>> time: 5-6pm ET, 4-5pm CT, 2-3pm PT, 7-8am JST, 10-11pm UK
>>>> dial-in: 877-811-9717
>>>> pc: 440496
>>>>
>>>> After this session, we will switch to our regular OGSA-WG dial-in
>>>> and start to discuss without authors.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,   
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