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5 Intercloud and interoperability

NIST SAJACC: Phase I is published project to define testable use cases that provide the basis for independent
evaluation of cloud standards, products and processes. The output of the working group report "SAJACC
Working Group Recommendations to NIST" has been delivered in February 2013.
Working group continues with Phase II to define and refine use cases with greater technical detail. SAJACC
Phase II launched February 2013 to refine and extend Phase I use case test cases based on priority action
plan.

Figure 5-2 shows the NIST Cloud Portal (currently in the form of a community Wikipedia website) and the
main steps of starting the SAJACC process. SAJACC has completed several iterations of steps 1-3, and
exploratory activities conducted in a community setting for the process described in step 4 of the figure,
resulting in output that has been documented in the NIST Cloud Standards Wiki.

Figure 5-2 – NIST cloud standards portal (Reference: NIST cloud computing website)

Table 5-8 – NIST documents and work items related to CCI

Reference Name/Title Status
NIST SAJACC Internal Group Report SAJACC working group recommendations to NIST Published
NIST SAJACC White Paper Virtual machine portability white paper Draft
NIST SP 800-145 The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing Published
NIST SP 500-292 NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture Published

NIST SP 500-293vol1 US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap Draft
Volume I Release 1.0: High-Priority Requirements to
Further USG Agency Cloud Computing Adoption

NIST SP 500-293vol2 US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap Draft
Volume II Release 1.0: Useful Information for Cloud
Adopters
5.1.9 OASIS

OASIS is a non-profit consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of open standards
for the global information society.
OASIS works on the TOSCA project which is cloud interoperability initiative related aspects of CCI.

Cloud includes several technical projects, such as OASIS TOSCA project which enhances the portability and
management of cloud applications and services across their lifecycle. TOSCA will enable the interoperable
description of application and infrastructure cloud services, the relationships between parts of the service
and the operational behaviour of these services (e.g., deploy, patch, shutdown).

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