1 - Scope

Defines the scope of this document

2 - References

Lists the normative references for this document

3 - Terms

Provides terminology used in this document

4 - Conventions

Describes the conventions used in presenting the interfaces and the typographical conventions used in this document

5 - Overview of Cloud Storage

Provides a brief overview of cloud storage and details the philosophy behind this International Standard as a model for the operations

6 - Common Operations

Gives an example of the resources that may be accessed and the representations used to modify them

7 - Interface Standard

Provides a description of HTTP status codes, Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) object types, object references, and object manipulations

8 - Data Object Resource Operations

Provides the normative standard of data object resource operations

9 - Container Object Resource Operations

Provides the normative standard of container object resource operations

10 - Domain Object Resource Operations

Provides the normative standard of domain object resource operations

11 - Queue Object Resource Operations

Provides the normative standard of queue object resource operations

12 - Capability Object Resource Operations

Provides the normative standard of capability object resource operations

13 - Exported Protocols

Discusses how virtual machines in the cloud computing environment may use the exported protocols from CDMI containers

14 - Snapshots

Discusses how snapshots are accessed under CDMI containers

15 - Serialization/Deserialization

Discusses serialization and deserialization, including import and export of serialized data under CDMI

16 - Metadata

Provides the normative standard of the metadata used in the interface

17 - Retention and Hold Management

Describes the optional retention management disciplines to be implemented into the system management functions

18 - Scope Specification

Describes the structure of the scope specification for JSON objects

19 - Results Specification

Provides a standardized mechanism to define subsets of CDMI object contents

20 - Logging

Describes CDMI functional logging for object functions, security events, data management events, and queues

21 - Notification Queues

Describes how CDMI clients may efficiently discover what changes have occurred to the system

22 - Query Queues

Describes how CDMI clients may efficiently discover what content matches a given set of metadata query criteria or full-content search criteria

Annex A - (normative) Transport Security

Provides normative text for securing the HTTP communications protocol for transferring CDMI messages

Annex B - (informative) Bibliography

Provides informative references that may contain additional useful information