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DCML TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP SPECIFICATIONS TO BE RELEASED THIS FALL
Third DCML Member Meeting Produces Significant Progress on Server, Network, and Applications and Services Specifications
ISLANDIA, NY – June 24, 2004 – The Data Center Markup Language (DCML) Organization today announced the results of its third member and technical working group meeting held June 22-23 at the worldwide headquarters of Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA) in Islandia, NY. Most notably, significant progress has been made in the development of the server, network, and applications and services specifications, slated for release this fall. These sub-specifications build on the primary Framework Specification, a stable draft of which was released on May 24.
The working group sub-specifications define data center components, process and policy in their respective categories, and will play a critical role in enabling utility computing. The combination of the sub-specifications and the Framework Specification provide the complete DCML 1.0 Specification.
Additionally, the DCML working groups continued to develop several use case scenarios, which incorporate input from end user organizations. The use cases express how the DCML Specification, when implemented in real-world environments, will enable previously expensive, error-prone tasks to be performed automatically in a multi-vendor, heterogeneous data center environment. The use cases outline DCML-enabled scenarios from monitoring newly provisioned servers, to enabling rapid data center migration, and expanding service capacity under business constraints. The use cases are available on the DCML Website at
“The availability of the draft DCML Framework Specification announced last month was the first critical specification that set the foundation for the development of the sub-specifications. The DCML Organization continues to make tremendous strides in developing a standard that will simplify management of complex IT environments and provide the first steps towards real world utility computing,” said Louis Blatt, president of the DCML Organization. “Over the next several months, the technical working groups will refine their individual specifications, ensuring that DCML builds upon existing standards to provide a unified view of today’s heterogeneous data center environment.”
The DCML Organization has made significant progress since its launch last October. Most recently, the Organization’s efforts resulted in the launch of the highly anticipated DCML Draft 1.0 Framework Specification, which defines key concepts, vocabularies and processing rules for the data center environment. The DCML Organization continues to accept feedback on the Draft 1.0 Framework Specification at . Additional DCML milestones include:
May 2004 – DCML Draft 1.0 Framework Specification Launched at caworld
April 2004 – DCML Organization Exceeds 60 Members
March 2004 – Technical Working Groups Publicly Launched
February 2004 – DCML Doubles Membership
November 2003 – Inaugural Member Meeting
October 2003 – DCML Organization Launched
About The DCML Organization
The DCML Organization is an open, independent, vendor-neutral, non-profit corporation formed to create an open, freely licensed specification, Data Center Markup Language (DCML), and to encourage its broad adoption. DCML is the first standard that provides a structured model and encoding to describe, construct, replicate and recover data center environments and elements. DCML is designed to provide a mechanism to enable data center automation, utility computing and system management solutions to exchange information about the environment to make utility computing a reality. In addition to developing specifications, the organization intends to work with formal standards bodies, enable and administer certification and compliance programs, and perform user and market education. For more information about how to join the DCML Organization, or to learn more about planned activities and DCML, visit
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