Hi all, Proposal: Stop discussing the attribut topic (*), *at* *all*, and postpone a resolution to either a phone call, or the face to face meeting. From what I have seen, the technical disagreements are minor - the concerns about applicability of the technology are major. That is nothing which you will be able to resolve by mail as it seems, so, rather then getting bogged down on that topic, try to move on. My understanding of OCCI may be limited, but I think that none of the other open tickets and discussion items[1] would be affected by postponing the attribute-in-header issue. I am confident that you *will* find a compromise, one way or the other, and, from what I understand, either solution will work toward an implementable standard, and either solution will be considered as sub-optimal by some. Thats life, and, IMHO, acceptable. Best, Andre (wearing my AD hat). (*) IIUC, this is what the last 124 mails have been all about [1] http://code.google.com/p/occi/issues/list -- Nothing is ever easy.