Proposed TOSCA TC Timeline March 1, 2012

TC Deliverables Standards Track Work Products – “…is a Work Product produced and approved by a TC in accordance with the TC Process which may be promoted to Committee Specification or OASIS Standard…” Non-Standards Track Work Products – Informative and explanatory – Not subject to the patent licensing and non-assertion obligations requirements of the OASIS IPR Policy – Examples: use cases, primers, formal presentations

Work Products Tracks in a Nutshell Committee Spec/Note Draft – Multiple iterations, Full Majority Vote Committee Spec/Note Public Review Draft – External & OASIS notifications, Full Majority Vote – IPR disclosures, public comments & TC responses – 30/15 days, multiple iterations must track deltas Committee Spec/Note – Prereq: CS(N)PRD 7 days after PR if comments precipitate changes – Special Majority Vote Specification Track Only – Candidate OASIS Standard Three statements of use, content essentially freezes, lots admin details Special Majority Vote, 60 day public review, comments collected/responded to Changes to spec by Full Majority Vote only (withdraws from public review) – OASIS Standard Membership vote (15% yes (greater than 25% negative can also fail vote) – Approved Errata

Review Periods Committee Spec Drafts (CSD) Multiple CSDs Milestones/WIPs e.g., TOSCA-1 & TOSCA-6 may be 1st Full Majority Vote for each CSD Committee Spec Public Review Draft All JIRA issues closed 2 nd Review, if Changes needed to spec 30 day for 1 st PR 15 day for 2 nd PR Special Majority Vote Candidate OASIS Standard Public Review Hopefully once after extensive previous reviews 60 day PR OASIS Membership vote (14 days) Special Majority Vote

Estimated TOSCA Timeline 2012 Note: The exact process varies according to comments received, TC responses, etc. This timeline is a general guideline. There are also latencies built into the process that are not detailed. 1 Mar – Baseline CSD1 approved – TOSCA-1 and TOSCA-6 Multiple CSDs approved as WIP documents 5 July – all JIRA issues resolved, CSPRD ballot 19 July – 1 st CSPRD 30 day public review – TC continually analyzes and responds 18 Aug – 30 day review closes

Estimated TOSCA Timeline 2012 (continued) 1 st CSPRD spec changes needed – 23 Aug – TC re-ballots – 30 Aug – 2 nd CSPRD 15 day review 14 Sep - CS ballot (presuming no comments) 21 Sep – Candidate OASIS Standard ballot, statements of use due 5 Oct – 60 day review 29 Nov – Review ends 13 Dec – Membership vote begins (14 day) No 1 st CSPRD changes needed 30 Aug - CS ballot (presuming no comments) 7 Sep – Candidate OASIS Standard ballot, statements of use due 27 Sep – 60 day review 22 Nov – Review ends 29 Nov – Membership vote (14 day)

Timeline Caveats and Concerns Timeline based on very aggressive charter timeframe Variability from – TC Process – Extent and usefulness of public comments – Total “mass” of proposals/issues created – Non-normative deliverables, e.g., primer or use case doc Driven by proposals? Subcommittee? Other? Statements of work – Will we have 3 implementations? Aligned with conformance statements we plan to create several CSDs. These are in the nature of milestones / works-in- progress. They will not advance to CSDPRD. When we are done with our own internal issues, hopefully in the summer, we plan to advance to our first CSDPRD. Based on feedback

Timeline Summary The TOSCA TC plans to create several CSDs. These are in the nature of milestones / works-in-progress. They will not advance to CSDPRD. When we are done with our own internal issues, hopefully around July, we plan to advance to our first CSDPRD. Based on feedback (or not), there might be a second. All things going well, we hope in the fall to create a Candidate OASIS Standard in the fall. This plan is subject to changes, caveats, and concerns that have been expressed in this presentation.