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Emerging Compute Models: Recommendations and Sample Profile v1.0 published by TOSCA TC

By Paul Knight

Committee Note now available

OASIS is pleased to announce publication of “Emerging Compute Models: Recommendations and Sample Profile Version 1.0,” a Committee Note from the members of the OASIS Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) TC [1].

This document discusses use-cases for TOSCA in the scope of emergent compute models such as function-as-a-service (FaaS) computing, internet-of-things/edge computing, and high-performance computing (HPC).

  • Emergent compute models reflect the adoption of one or more hybrid forms of cloud computing, thereby embedding at least two combinations of compute models such as (a) function-as-a-service (FaaS) computing; (b) internet-of-things/edge computing; (c) high-performance computing (HPC). In the scope of the Emergent Compute ad-Hoc (ECAH), we explored the aforementioned compute models with the key objectives of exploring and/or prototyping TOSCA-based constructs and patterns for (1) serverless and FaaS-computing orchestration; (2) edge-computing and edge-based data pipelines orchestration; (3) high-performance computing orchestration. In the scope of the aforementioned activities, this deliverable offers details over:
  • A series of use-cases for TOSCA usage in the scope of any of the aforementioned emergent compute models;
  • Best practices and tools for the use of TOSCA;
  • A working profile example to the TOSCA Language which supports Emergent Compute Paradigms (e.g., FaaS);
  • A set of recommended extensions w.r.t. features enrichment of the current TOSCA notation, e.g., policies or trusted data-sharing and orchestration in such an ambient.

The Committee Note is available here:

Emerging Compute Models: Recommendations and Sample Profile Version 1.0
Committee Note 01
28 April 2022

Editable source (Authoritative):
https://docs.oasis-open.org/tosca/ECAH-rec/v1.0/cn01/ECAH-rec-v1.0-cn01.docx

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For your convenience, OASIS provides a complete package of the Committee Note that you can download here:
https://docs.oasis-open.org/tosca/ECAH-rec/v1.0/cn01/ECAH-rec-v1.0-cn01.zip

Members of the TOSCA TC approved this Committee Note by a Full Majority vote on 28 April 2022 as documented in the TC minutes [2].

Our congratulations to all the members of the TC.

Additional references

[1] OASIS Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) TC
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tosca/

[2] Approval
https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/69887

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