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Everything about Open Virtualization Format
Computer standard
Open Virtualization Format (OVF) is an open standard for packaging and distributing virtual appliances or, more generally, software to be run in virtual machines. Wikipedia →
đź§ Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Open Virtualization FormatA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The TempestThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Policy management: leveraging the open virtualization format with contract and solution modelsCited 2 times
- Go sideways: Cloud Infrastructure Management InterfaceA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Virtual applianceA closely related topic
đź“– Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
The TempestWilliam Shakespeare · 1611
Technical CommunicationJohn M. Lannon · 2000
Apache CookbookKen Coar, Rich Bowen · 2003
The web application hacker's handbookDafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto · 2007
New technologies at workChristina Garsten, Helena Wulff · 2003
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
Treaty Occupationay ToxicologySuelen Queiroz · 2010
Digital planetGeorge Beekman, Ben Beekman · 2011
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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