[occi-wg] [Libcloud-list] API XML and Client Examples

[David Lutterkort]

On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 20:37 +0200, Sam Johnston wrote:
> We're also set to define a simple descriptor format following the
> footsteps of VMware's VMX (namespaced attribute value pairs - e.g
> "cpu.cores: 2") which will expose the usual IaaS functionality without
> the overhead of OVF/CIM (while retaining compatibility). This could
> prove particularly interesting for open source hypervisors.

Personally, I would stay away from that particular format, since there's
no reasonable tools to describe what is and is not valid. I'd highly
recommend XML, since there are plenty of tools around writing schemas,
validating documents etc. not to speak of parsers and the like.

David