[Capi-bof] Charter - last call for changes

[Sam Johnston]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Alexis Richardson <
alexis.richardson at gmail.com> wrote:

> We can add monitoring later.
>
> I thought instrumentation implied interaction.  What is a better word?
>  I think Michael made a good point about 'manipulate'.
>

We don't need to fit it in one word, and besides the offending terminology
has been eliminated from the charter I rewrote this morning. I'll send it
again inline so it can be read and commented in email rather than PDF.

Sam


> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Sam Johnston <samj at samj.net> wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Alexis Richardson
> > <alexis.richardson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> "instrumentation"?
> >
> > Monitoring - also something that should arguably be excluded (think,
> > billing). Or should it?
> >
> > Sam
> >
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Michael Richardson <mcr at sandelman.ca>
> >> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>>>>> "Thijs" == Thijs Metsch <Thijs.Metsch at Sun.COM> writes:
> >> >    Thijs> An API for remote management of virtualized resources
> >> >    Thijs> (meaning, but not limited to virtual machines), including
> >> >    Thijs> manipulation of images and networks.
> >> >
> >> > I still don't like the word "manipulation"
> >> >
> >> > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/manipulating, #3 says:
> >> >    3.  to adapt or change (accounts, figures, etc.) to suit one's
> >> >        purpose or advantage.
> >> >
> >> > and this implies changes to the internal form, which we are trying to
> >> > rule out of scope.  We want to manipulate the networks, but not the
> >> > images.
> >> >
> >> > Others have used the word orchestrate:
> >> >  http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/orchestrate
> >> >
> >> > definition:
> >> > 1.      to compose or arrange (music) for performance by an orchestra.
> >> > 2.      to arrange or manipulate, esp. by means of clever or thorough
> >> >        planning or maneuvering: to orchestrate a profitable trade
> >> > agreement.
> >> >
> >> > After playing with the "visual thesaurus" a bit, I eliminated:
> >> >      engineer
> >> >      direct
> >> >      train
> >> >      conduct
> >> >
> >> > and I suggest the word "manoeuver" as being what we want to do with
> >> > images.  In my imagination, I see a large Volvo delivery truck being
> >> > "manoeuvered" up to a loading dock...
> >> >
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