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+..
+ Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+ not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+ a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ under the License.
+
+.. _resources:
+
+==========
+ Resources
+==========
+
+Resources in general can be used to describe traditional IT components
+(e.g., servers, network devices, etc.), software components
+(e.g., platforms, databases, applications, etc.), operational and business
+data (e.g., accounts, users, etc.) and roles, which can be assigned to
+persons, that describe the authority to access capabilities.
+
+============= ================= ========= ===================================================================================================================================
+Property Type Required Description
+============= ================= ========= ===================================================================================================================================
+id cadf:Identifier Yes The identifier for the resource
+typeURI cadf:Path Yes The classification (i.e., type) of the resource using the CADF Resource Taxonomy
+name xs:string No The optional local name for the resource (not necessarily unique)
+domain xs:string No The optional name of the domain that qualifies the name of the resource
+credential cadf:Credential No The optional security credentials associated with the resource’s identity
+addresses cadf:Endpoint[] No The optional descriptive addresses (including URLs) of the resource
+host cadf:Host No The optional information about the (network) host of the resource
+geolocation cadf:Geolocation Dependent This optional property describes the geographic location of the resource using Geolocation data type. Required if not geolocationId
+geolocationId cadf:Identifier Dependent This optional property identifies a CADF Geolocation by reference. Required if not geolocation
+attachments cadf:Attachment[] No An optional array of extended or domain-specific information about the resource or its contex
+============= ================= ========= ===================================================================================================================================
+
+Serialisation
+=============
+
+json::
+
+ {
+ "typeURI": "http://schemas.dmtf.org/cloud/audit/1.0/event",
+ ...,
+ "target": {
+ "id": "myscheme://mydomain/resource/id/0001",
+ "typeURI": "service/compute",
+ "name": "server_0001",
+ ...,
+ "geolocation": {
+ "city": "Austin",
+ "state": "TX",
+ "regionICANN": "US"
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+