OCI Working Group: Reference Types
August 25, 2022 ยท View on GitHub
Status
This WG has met the mission statement below and has now been archived.
Mission Statement
Propose how to describe and query relationships between objects stored in an OCI registry.
Background
Here is the link to the original proposal to create this working group.
Governance
Link to governance document.
Meetings
- WG Meeting: Tuesdays at 11:00am PT (Pacific Time) (weekly). Convert to your timezone.
- Meeting notes and Agenda.
- Past Meetings.
- Initial Google Doc
Completed
Upstream Changes
The following PRs were merged upstream based on Proposal E.
- https://github.com/opencontainers/distribution-spec/pull/335
- https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/pull/934
Proposals
The following proposal ("E") is now frozen and has been proposed and merged upstream:
| ID | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| E | View | Cherry pick |
Inactive Proposals
After much discussion, the following proposals are no longer being evaluated by the WG:
| ID | Link | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A | View | Defines a new artifact manifest and corresponding referrers extension API |
| B | View | Add "reference" field to existing schemas |
| C | View | Create Node manifest |
| D | View | No Changes |
| F | View | OCI Index references it all |
Documents
The following documents are actively being updated by the WG:
| Document | Description |
|---|---|
| Personas | A friendly frame of reference to characterize our design goals |
| Requirements | A list of requirements identified by the WG |
| Upgrading | A description of upgrade scenarios at various stages of adoption |
| Proposal Template | A template for submitting a new reference types proposal |
| Evaluation Rubric | A comparison matrix of proposals to use cases |
Organizers
- Lachlan Evenson (@lachie83)
- Justin Cormack (@justincormack)
- Michael Brown (@michaelb990)
- Derek McGowan (@dmcgowan)
- Jon Johnson (@jonjohnsonjr)