[occi-wg] Use cases and requirements document

[Thijs Metsch]

Hi,

Thanks! I'll add them to the req. tables and update the document. I
tried to keep all stuff complete so that the use cases and requirements
are synched. 

Cheers,

-Thijs


On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 23:33 +0300, shlomo.swidler at gmail.com wrote:
> Thijs,
> 
> Thanks for this updated version.
> 
> I notice that there are two important requirements missing, from at
> least the use case I proposed "Manage cloud resources from a
> centralized dashboard", but maybe from others as well:
> 
> Taggability: Every resource discoverable by the API must be able to be
> tagged by the user. This supports the oft-occurring situation where
> resources, though they are identified by the implementation-specific
> identifier, are easily identified using terminology defined by the
> user for his specific context. For example, one might  tag resource
> "/compute/instanceABCDEFG" with the label "database server", and the
> resource "/storage/disk12345678" with the label
> "superSecretCorporateData".
> 
> Searchability: The ability to request lists of resources must allow an
> optional filter that can specify a category or tag upon which to
> filter the results. This allows one to further limit their view to,
> for example, resources tagged "productionEnvironment", or resources of
> the category "storage".
> 
> I would rate both of these as a "Medium" priority. I have added these
> to the Wiki.
> 
> We've discussed these use cases before - we should make sure they are
> reflected in the requirements.
> 
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Thijs Metsch <Thijs.Metsch at sun.com>
> wrote:
>         
>         Hi,
>         
>         I just upload a new draft version of the use case and
>         requirements
>         document. I added the latest use case and inserted the
>         requirements
>         tables:
>         
>         http://forge.ogf.org/sf/docman/do/downloadDocument/projects.occi-wg/docman.root.drafts/doc15732/3
>         
>         The IMPORTANT part comes now :-) Please review the tables
>         especially
>         with regards to the priorities! I added the priorities I
>         thought might
>         fit - but they need to be refined. During our next concall we
>         are going
>         through all the entries in the table and set the priorities
>         right
>         
>         All the best,
>         
>         -Thijs
>         
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Thijs Metsch                        Tel: +49 (0)941 3075-122 (x60122)
http://blogs.sun.com/intheclouds
Software Engineer Grid Computing
Sun Microsystems GmbH
Dr.-Leo-Ritter-Str. 7               mailto:thijs.metsch at sun.com
D-93049 Regensburg                  http://www.sun.com