[occi-wg] Feature Freeze for OCCI Core & Model

[Gary Mazz]

  Hi,

I think I'm ok with a freeze for most features.

Not happy with the definition of of collection/Category. By definition a 
Category is a collection with one member. We should clarify that in the 
editorial.

I do have one concern about credentials and...  the impact that will 
have on Resources...There are 3 companies releasing a product that 
incorporates certificates to manage keys for encrypted storage using 
Oasis KMIP. Using wrapped certificates, groups of partners can share 
keys while maintaining privacy and independent key life cycles.

Adding credentials to console,  networking and external Resources 
models, we can find one Resource may support multiple credentials. It 
impacts  provisioning and consumption processes. During provisioning, an 
occi definition may add several credentials at on time. So we will need 
to support groups (via collections) of credentials on provisioning.

I'm having a tough time envisioning the core model without credentials 
support.

I think credentials need to be sibling to Link, Resource and Action.

Credential's UML attributes should be "type" and "certificate". "Type" 
expresses the credential format and should correspond to ANSI X9 TR-31 
[X9 TR-31] .    The UML "credential" is byte storage for the credential.

Since Credential is a subclass of Kind, collections and Links apply.  
I'm not sure if the Category's "title" attribute would be mandatory, I'm 
leaning towards  the [0] more than the [1].

The credential scheme does not address provider HTTP logon credentials. 
   If we did, we would need to determine which certificate we would use 
to pass in user/password.

cheers,
gary


On 10/15/2010 8:51 AM, alexander.papaspyrou at tu-dortmund.de wrote:
> Folks,
>
> since the OCCI core and model seems to have stabilized now (after hard and tempting discussions), I would suggest that we do a
>
>    _formal feature freeze_
>
> to enforce some stability for the other parts of the OCCI specifications, *effective immediately*.
>
> The Feature Freeze is effective immediately. If there are any serious objections against it, please let Thijs know
>
>    until Monday, October 18, 2010, 12:00pm UTC.
>
> Best,
> Thijs&  Alexander
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