conventions.tex

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\section{Conventions and Terms}

This section defines various key words, conventions and terms used in this document.

\subsection{Conventions Used in this Document}
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", 
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and 
"OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in
RFC 2119~\cite{rfc2119}.


\subsection{Context}

The specifications that are made in the following are based on a context that
the reader needs to comprehend.

\begin{description}

\item[Storage resource] is a logical resource (either local or distributed)
that allows an individual user or a group of users to store data. Such a system
can contain single disks or can be created by pooling together physical storage
media. This is transparent to the user and does not need to be considered when
accounting for resource consumption.

\item[Storage accounting] is the recording and summarizing of the consumption
of a storage resource by an individual user or a group of users in a specified
time frame.

\end{description}