The CDMI standard is developed and maintained by the Storage Networking Industry Association,[2] who makes a publicly accessible version of the specification available.
As a minimal compliant implementation can be quite small, with few features, clients need to check the cloud storage system for a capability before attempting to use the functionality it represents.
Resource allocation assignments limited to the data management interface protocols must possess access bypass capabilities which extend beyond the layered framework.
[7] This integral function is vital to the prevention of transport layer session hijacking by unauthorized entities which may circumvent standard interfacing security parameters.
When accessed by name, clients use URLs that contain the full pathname of objects to create, read, update and delete them.
Subject to system limits, objects may be of any size or type and have arbitrary user-supplied metadata attached to them.
Summary information suitable for billing clients for on-demand services can be obtained by authorized users from systems that support it.