Data Center Markup Language (DCML) Interest Group

The DCML Interest Group 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 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. 

DCML specifications described on this site:

More information: DCML website.

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