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diff --git a/doc/source/specification/taxonomy.rst b/doc/source/specification/taxonomy.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..185ea27 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/source/specification/taxonomy.rst @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +.. + 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. + +.. _taxonomy: + +========= + Taxonomy +========= + +The CADF Resource Taxonomy describes resources that are commonly used in cloud +and enterprise infrastructures. This list was developed based on surveys of +existing cloud architectures, deployments, and implementations. The Resource +Taxonomy, however, is fully intended to be extensible by profiles that may +define additional resource nodes as child nodes to the ones specified below. +When doing so, however, vendors and cloud providers should be aware that this +places an additional burden on the consumer to correctly comprehend the new +node type. Therefore, vendors and providers of CADF audit data should be +careful to provide classification values that extend the existing tree from the +most granular node that closely matches the functions of any newly-defined +resource types. This approach will provide consumers with a baseline +understanding of the function of the new resource type.
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