<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">What would be an example of a non commercial product?<div><br></div><div><br><div style=""><div>On May 1, 2014, at 1:31 PM, Auld, Will <<a href="mailto:will.auld@intel.com">will.auld@intel.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I’m having a little trouble with “Core Capability” and “Capability.”<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I like Mark’s definition but want it to also say how we know whether specific items are part of the “core capability.” For example we might modify Mark’s definition as:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Core Capability</b>: A capability all<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><s>commercial</s><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>products are expected to include when marketed as “OpenStack”, to ensure interoperability between such products, which will be implemented via requirements in trademark licenses granted by the foundation.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: red;">The requirements will include both “Designated Sections” and “Capabilities” defined by the technical committee.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think this should apply to any product, commercial or otherwise, for which we grant a license.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">As for my problem with “Capability,” I think it should be more about the functionality than the tests:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Capability</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>–<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: red;">the functionality ensured by</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">a set of tests collected into a group as defined by the technical community (the DefCore committee has made preliminary assignments to start the process)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Will<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0in 0in 0in 4pt;"><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mark Collier [<a href="mailto:mark@openstack.org">mailto:mark@openstack.org</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, May 01, 2014 10:33 AM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Rob_Hirschfeld@Dell.com">Rob_Hirschfeld@Dell.com</a><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Defcore-committee@lists.openstack.org<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [OpenStack-DefCore] Please review - lexicon, Public APIs only & capabilities definition text<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think “Core Capability” works, provided we have a good clear definition for the word that makes it clear this is meant to be used in the context of technical capabilities commercial products are expected to include if they wish to license the OpenStack marks. Maybe it’s that simple:<o:p></o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Core Capability</b>: A capability all commercial products are expected to include when marketed as “OpenStack”, to ensure interoperability between such products, which will be implemented via requirements in trademark licenses granted by the foundation.<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">This should make it clear that the new use of “core” is all about commercial implementations/products nothing else, superseding the old concept of “core” which was more associated with projects and how they are managed in the community. Is that a fair statement?<o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">On Apr 30, 2014, at 10:22 PM, <<a href="mailto:Rob_Hirschfeld@Dell.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Rob_Hirschfeld@Dell.com</a>> <<a href="mailto:Rob_Hirschfeld@Dell.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">Rob_Hirschfeld@Dell.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br><br><o:p></o:p></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">All,<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">We’re getting into crunch time for DefCore! We need to get the TC & PTLs engaged to help score the last criteria. <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">At the last meeting, we put that on hold to figure out some lexicon. Please review and raise issues if you have any:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Lexicon:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Core Capability –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">this is THE REAL DEAL – core capabilities are the definition of core. OpenStack products demonstration that they work for the core capabilities.<span class="apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b> </b> We believe it’s important to use the word “core” here and not introduce new terms like “required” “baseline” or “essential.”<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Capability Selection Matrix</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">– this is how we pick core capabilities by scoring them with the selection criteria<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Selection Criteria</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">– this is one of 12 factors considered in selecting core capabilities. (see text below)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Designated Section –<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">a part of the code that the OpenStack technical community has identified as required to be implemented. <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Capability</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">– a set of tests collected into a group as defined by the technical community (the DefCore committee has made preliminary assignments to start the process)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol;">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">DefCore</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">– the board committee that oversees that core capability selection process for each release and other items related to the commercial brand.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Also, I’d like to made a quick decision > PUBLIC APIs ONLY. I was looking at the criteria and realized that non-admin trumps everything. I believe that we just need to accept that Core is Public API only because that’s required for interop. Admin tests are great but will not be core.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Finally, here’s an updated description of the Capabilities Scoring that Josh and I have worked out (WITH GRAPHICS!)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><h1 style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 27pt;">DefCore Core Capabilities Selection Criteria SIMPLIFIED -> how we are picking Core</span><o:p></o:p></h1><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"> </span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">I’ve posted about the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/01/07/defcore-critieria/" title="How are we picking the OpenStack DefCore “must pass” tests?" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(25, 130, 209); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">early DefCore core capabilities selection</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>process before and we’ve put them into application and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/04/11/defcore-road-show/" title="Running with scissors > DefCore “must-pass” Road Show Starts [VIDEOS]" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(25, 130, 209); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">discussed them with the community</span></a>. The feedback was simple:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long;_didn't_read" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(25, 130, 209); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">tl;dr</span></a>. <em><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">You’ve got the right direction but make it simpler</span></em>!</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://robhirschfeld.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/capabilities_selection2.png" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(25, 130, 209); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; text-decoration: none;"><image001.png></span></a><o:p></o:p></div></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">So we pulled the 12 criteria into four primary categories:</span><o:p></o:p></p><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">1.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Usage:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">the capabilitiy is widely used (Refstack will collect data)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">2.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Direction</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">: the capability advances OpenStack technically</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">3.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Community</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">: the capability builds the OpenStack community experience</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">4.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">System</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">: the capability integrates with other parts of OpenStack</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">These categories summarize critical values that we want in OpenStack and so make sense to be the primary factors used when we select core capabilies. While we strive to make the DefCore process objective and quantative, we must recognize that these choices drive community behavior.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: rgb(55, 55, 55);">With this prespective, let’s review the thirteen selection criteria. To make it easier to cross reference, we’ve given each criteria a shortened name:</span><o:p></o:p></p><h3 id="magicdomid240" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 31.2pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.2pt;">SHOWS PROVEN USAGE</span><o:p></o:p></h3><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“<span class="b"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Widely Deployed</span></b></span>” Candidates are widely deployed capabilities. We favor capabilities that are supported by multiple public cloud providers and private cloud products</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="b"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">“Used by Tools”</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Candidates are widely used capabilities:Should be included if supported by common tools (RightScale, Scalr)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“</span><strong><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Used by </span></strong><span class="b"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Clients”</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Candidates are widely used capabilities: Should be included if part of common libraries (Fog, Apache jclouds, etc)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Aligns with Technical Direction</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“<span class="b"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Future Direction”</span></b></span> Should reflect future technical direction (from the project technical teams and the TC)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="b"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">“Stable” </span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Test is required stable for >2 releases (because things leaving Core are bad)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="b"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">“Complete”</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Where the code being tested has an designed area of alternate implementation (extension framework) as per the Core Principles, there should be parity in capability tested across extension implementations</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><h3 id="magicdomid265" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 31.2pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.2pt;">PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS</span><o:p></o:p></h3><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="b"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">“Discoverable”</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Capability being tested is Service Discoverable (can be found in Keystone and via service introspection)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="b"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">“Doc’d”</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Should be well documented, particularly the expected behavior.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="b"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">“Core in Last Release”</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> A test that is a must-pass test should stay a must-pass test (makes must-pass tests sticky release per release)</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Takes a System View</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">“<span class="b"><b><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Foundation”</span></b></span> Test capabilities that are required by other must-pass tests and/or depended on by many other capabilities</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="b"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">“Atomic”</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Capabilities is unique and cannot be build out of other must-pass capabiliies</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin-left: 30pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Wingdings;">§</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="b"><b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">“Proximity”</span></b></span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> (sometimes called a Test Cluster) selects for Capabilities that are related to Core Capabilities. This helps ensure that related capabilities are managed together.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 19.5pt; line-height: 20.3pt; background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Note: The 13th “non-admin” criteria has been removed because Admin APIs cannot be used for interoperability and cannot be considered Core.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Rob</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">______________________________</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Rob Hirschfeld</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Sr. Distinguished Cloud Solution Architect</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 133, 195);">Dell</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">| Cloud Edge, Data Center Solutions</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">cell</span></b><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(170, 170, 170);"> </span><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">+1 512 909-7219<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>blog</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://robhirschfeld.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: purple;">robhirschfeld.com</span></a>,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>twitter</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>@zehicle</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Please note, I am based in the CENTRAL (-6) time zone</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>