From b81c09c9fd6efd95b564d6764bb5fb3f74838ae3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Crosby Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2017 16:13:55 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Add OCI Runtime Abstract Closes #506 Signed-off-by: Michael Crosby --- spec.md | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/spec.md b/spec.md index 8c6e41a2..159efb01 100644 --- a/spec.md +++ b/spec.md @@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ The [Open Container Initiative](http://www.opencontainers.org/) develops specifications for standards on Operating System process and application containers. +# Abstract + +The OCI Runtime Specification aims to specify the configuration, execution environment, and lifecycle a container. + +A container's configuration is specified as the `config.json` for the supported platforms and details the fields that enable the creation of a container. +The execution environment is specified to ensure that applications running inside a container have a consistent environment between runtimes along with common actions defined for the container's lifecycle. + # Platforms Platforms defined by this specification are: