[occi-wg] Format 3: Meta-model around nouns, verbs and attributes

[Richard Davies]

Decision 3: For the core wire format(s), what meta-model should be adopted
in rendering the nouns, verbs and attributes (i.e. a framework/style within
which the nouns, verbs and attributes are rendered and any framework
services are added):
a) Minimal/no meta-model: Nouns, verbs and attributes are rendered as
   directly as possible over HTTP in a very basic REST style.
b) GData meta-model: Nouns, verbs and attributes are rendered as GData
   objects and carried according to GData conventions with GData services.
c) Other?

Important*: This is an independent decision from decision 4 on syntax

Perspective of myself and Alexis: For the core wire format, OCCI should
minimize the meta model so that the specification of the core wire format is
as small as possible, and hence interoperability between OCCI-compliant
clouds is easiest to demonstrate, test and debug.