We decided in the merge to call it Metadata, despite being fully aware of the semantic issues, because that's what the CloudServers / OpenStack API uses.
There are many better terms, but for the sake of avoiding a Tower of Babel, let's just call it Metadata. On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 6:56 AM, Sandy Walsh <sandy.wa...@rackspace.com>wrote: > Was just speaking with dabo about this and we agree that metadata is a bad > name for this capability. > > I don't really care about what we call it, but metadata has some > preconceived notions/meanings. Perhaps Criteria? > > Currently we have *some* criteria for creating a new instance on the > Openstack API side: flavors and operating system. But I think the OS API > payload allows for additional "criteria" to be passed in with the request > (not sure). > > Eventually all this stuff will have to make it to the Scheduler for > Server-Best-Match/Zone-Best-Match. That's somewhere on our task list for > Cactus :/ > > $0.02 > > -S > > > > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message (including any attached or > embedded documents) is intended for the exclusive and confidential use of > the > individual or entity to which this message is addressed, and unless > otherwise > expressly indicated, is confidential and privileged information of > Rackspace. > Any dissemination, distribution or copying of the enclosed material is > prohibited. > If you receive this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by > e-mail > at ab...@rackspace.com, and delete the original message. > Your cooperation is appreciated. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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