Specification Coverage

The OVF specification provides a schema that details the semantics of an OVF envelope xml instance document, as well as a written specification that details semantics that extend beyond what is expressed in the schema. The OVF composition tool provides support that will generate OVF compliant instance documents and distribution packages that adhere to the OVF schema as well as the written specification. Coverage items include:

The OVF specification includes the ability to describe within the envelope XML instance documents single virtual machine content definitions as well as multi virtual machine content definitions. The OVF composition tool provides support for creating, editing, and packaging either of these types of instance documents, along with their supporting files.