If you log in at opencloudinitiative.org, you can see this page: http://www.opencloudinitiative.org/certification
If you're an admin on the site, you can see it. I haven't published it live yet, although I plan to flip that bit tomorrow morning. -JM On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Shanley Kane <[email protected]> wrote: > The Certification Committee is tasked with determining the process by which > given products or services are found to be compliant with the Open Cloud > Principles via community consensus, and how the process can be healthfully > and effectively managed. > > Following a brief workshop on Friday, Feb 3 2012 which Sam Johnston, John > Mark and myself attended, we decided to launch the certification procedure > at Cloud Connect Event (February 13-16) as several board members will be > attending and it will provide a great platform for community evangelism. > > The Certification Committee has come up with a procedure based on various > Board and committee discussions as well as with the guidance of similar > organizations such as the Open Source Initiative. (Please review their > certification process here: http://www.opensource.org/approval) > > Please review the draft and provide any edits by end of day. > > The Certification Committee plans to post the certification procedure and > mailing list TOMORROW, THURSDAY FEB 16 and begin promoting it, including but > not limited to press briefings, etc. We may try to post a press release > early next week as well. > > Cheers > Shanley > ________________________ > > > Open Cloud Initiative Certification Procedure for Products and Services > > The OCI review process enables the community of cloud computing users and > providers to apply the requirements for Open Cloud, as described in the Open > Cloud Principles document, to products and services via open and transparent > discussion. Through the review process, products and services can be > determined by the community to satisfy open cloud principles and thus > approved to use the Open Cloud Initiative certification mark. > > Guidelines: > > Any member of the cloud computing community may submit a product or service > for review. > Any member of the cloud computing community is invited to participate in > community discussion via the OCI Certification mailing list. > The OCI review process is specifically focused on applying the > community-derived Open Cloud Principles, constituting the existing community > definition of open cloud, to products and services. Evolutions to the Open > Cloud Principles themselves are subject to a separate community consensus > process. > > > Purpose of the Process: > > Certify products and services as meeting existing community standards for > open cloud, as defined in the Open Cloud Principles document. > Provide a framework for the cloud community to contribute to the application > of the Open Cloud Principles. > Promote adoption of the Open Cloud Principles via open and transparent > discourse and community processes. > Enable Open Cloud certification review of products and services to take > place in a timely fashion (no more than 90 days). > > > Submitting a Product or Service for OCI Certification: > > Familiarize yourself with the Open Cloud Principles and subscribe to the > Certification mailing list. > Complete and submit the template (below) to the Certification mailing list. > Submissions will be posted publicly on the OCI list archive. > The community is invited to discuss the submitted product or service on the > Certification mailing list. Discussion will be open for at least 30 days and > will not exceed 60 days. > The Certification Committee will review community discussion and create a > summary and recommendation, submitted to the OCI Board and the Certification > mailing list. > The OCI Board will consider the product or service at the next monthly > meeting of the board. The board may request additional information from the > community before proceeding. If no additional information is required, the > board will vote on certification. A quorum of the board must be reached in > favor of certifying the product or service in order for the vote to pass. > The Certification Committee will report back to the Certification List with > the decision and a summary of any board discussion. If the Certification did > not pass, another party may re-submit the product or service if changes or > alterations to it, or the Open Cloud Principles themselves, would merit > redress. If Certification is approved, the product or service in question > will be approved to use the Open Cloud logo and will be displayed as such on > the Open Cloud Initiative website. > > > Template for Submission > > Name of Product or Service: > > Web address where information about the product or service can be found: > > Web address where technical documentation about the product or service can > be found: > > Brief description of the product or service: > > How does the product or service use Open Standard formats to represent user > data and mata data? > > How does the product or service expose functionality via Open Standard > interfaces? > > Is there any other information the community should be aware of pertaining > to how the product or service complies with the Open Cloud Principles > document? > > > Please attach any supporting technical documentation not available on the > open internet.
