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Hi Mark,


I was thinking at the OVF container format first since as far I know, it
does support metadatas.


Thank's,

Emilien Macchi
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On 08/14/2013 06:34 PM, Mark Washenberger wrote:
> Lets dig into this a bit more so that I can understand it.
>
> Given that we have properties that we want to export with an image,
> where would those properties be stored? Somewhere in the image data
> itself? I believe some image formats support metadata, but I can't
> imagine all of them would. Is there a specific format you're thinking
> of using?
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Emilien Macchi
> <emilien.macchi at enovance.com <mailto:emilien.macchi at enovance.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>
>     I would like to discuss here about two blueprint proposal (maybe
>     could I merge them into one if you prefer) :
>
>     https://blueprints.launchpad.net/glance/+spec/api-v2-export-properties
>     https://blueprints.launchpad.net/glance/+spec/api-v2-import-properties
>
>     *Use case* :
>     I would like to set specific properties to an image which could
>     represent a signature, and useful for licensing requirements for
>     example.
>     To do that, I should be able to export an image with user
>     properties included.
>
>     Then, a user could reuse the exported image in the public cloud,
>     and Glance will be aware about its properties.
>     Obviously, we need the import / export feature.
>
>     The idea here is to be able to identify an image after cloning or
>     whatever with a property field. Of course, the user could break it
>     in editing the image manually, but I consider he / she won't.
>
>
>     Let me know if you have any thoughts and if the blueprint is valuable.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     -- 
>     Emilien Macchi
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