From 28360b9e73106b6561dde1a5d3f3ea7954b26a2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marina Moore Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 10:39:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Initial proposal for changes to the OCI specification Signed-off-by: Marina Moore --- oci-api-changes.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 oci-api-changes.md diff --git a/oci-api-changes.md b/oci-api-changes.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2def85677 --- /dev/null +++ b/oci-api-changes.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The TUF + Notary design will require a few additions to the OCI specification. + +The specification will need to support the following media types: + +* A metadata type that refers to images or other metadata files. This can be a +general type for any metadata, or could be broken into the following subtypes, +described in more detail in the design: + * Targets metadata + * Snapshot metadata + * Timestamp metadata + * Root metadata + + These metadata files will need to be accessed by name so that the user can + download the latest versions of them. This access by name could be achieved + using existing tag resolution mechanisms.