[occi-wg] Simplified OCCI VM lifecycle diagram

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Will we also provide an API to discover the lifecycle capabilities of the
provider? Or the lifecycle that is applicable for a specific abstract
category of resource, or a specific actual resource?

These capabilities are important in order to support the use case of a
"cloud broker".

On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 8:13 PM, Sam Johnston <samj at samj.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 7:05 PM, gary mazzaferro <garymazzaferro at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> If you feel that an  "occi life cycle" recommendation is needed at this
>> point, we should discuss it. For now, I would prefer to report provider life
>> cycle states mapped to occi enumerated state "values".
>>
>
> Right, that's more or less what I had in mind - I'll be happy if we're not
> locking anyone down to any particular approach, because you can be sure the
> second we do someone will want something else (the ability to "destroy" an
> active resource being an obvious one). The fact that "destroy" maps directly
> to the "DELETE" verb rather than a state transition is another example of a
> reason to avoid overspecifying it.
>
> I do think we could afford to give guidance in this department though -
> both in the form of a normative state table and an informative state diagram
> (that is, a "may" or "should" requirement level).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sam
>
>  On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Sam Johnston <samj at samj.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Gary,
>>>
>>> While I still don't think we need nor want to lock down a state diagram,
>>> if we were to recommend one this looks fairly sensible. Reality is that if
>>> we mandate anything it won't mesh with all implementations so we'll exclude
>>> people unnecessarily.
>>>
>>> Sam
>>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Gary Mazz <garymazzaferro at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I put together a simplified version of the OCCI life cycle (state)
>>>> diagram.   I'll be using this as an overview and for discussion purposes.
>>>> I'll provide a description in a couple of days.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -gary
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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