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

{
    "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"
        }
    }
}
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