Github user dankilman commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-ariatosca/pull/25#discussion_r88401147
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-Aria
+ARIA
====
-See http://ariatosca.org/
+[ARIA](http://ariatosca.org/) is a minimal TOSCA orchestrator, as well as
a platform for building
+TOSCA-based products. Its features can be accessed via a well-documented
Python API, as well as a
+language-agnostic RESTful API that can be deployed as a microservice.
+
+On its own, ARIA provides built-in tools for blueprint validation and for
creating ready-to-run
+service instances.
+
+ARIA adheres strictly and meticulously to the
+[TOSCA Simple Profile v1.0 cos01
specification](http://docs.oasis-open.org/tosca/TOSCA-Simple-Profile-YAML/v1.0/cos01/TOSCA-Simple-Profile-YAML-v1.0-cos01.html),
+providing state-of-the-art validation at seven different levels:
+
+<ol start="0">
+<li>Platform errors. E.g. network, hardware, or even an internal bug in
ARIA (let us know,
+ please!).</li>
+<li>Syntax and format errors. E.g. non-compliant YAML, XML, JSON.</li>
+<li>Field validation. E.g. assigning a string where an integer is
expected, using a list instead of
+ a dict.</li>
+<li>Relationships between fields within a type. This is "grammar" as it
applies to rules for
+ setting the values of fields in relation to each other.</li>
+<li>Relationships between types. E.g. referring to an unknown type,
causing a type inheritance
+ loop.</li>
+<li>Topology. These errors happen if requirements and capabilities cannot
be matched in order to
+ assemble a valid topology.</li>
+<li>External dependencies. These errors happen if requirement/capability
matching fails due to
+ external resources missing, e.g. the lack of a valid virtual machine,
API credentials, etc.
+ </li>
+</ol>
+
+Validation errors include a plain English message and when relevant the
exact location (file, row,
+column) of the data the caused the error.
+
+The ARIA API documentation always links to the relevant section of the
specification, and likewise
+we provide an annotated version of the specification that links back to
the API documentation.
+
+
+Quick Start
+-----------
+
+You need Python 2.6 or 2.7. Python 3+ is not currently supported.
+
+To install, we recommend using [pip](https://pip.pypa.io/) and a
+[virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/). In Debian-based
systems:
+
+ sudo apt install python-setuptools
+ sudo -H easy_install pip
+ sudo -H pip install virtualenv
+
+To install the latest development snapshot of ARIA:
+
+ virtualenv env
+ . env/bin/activate
+ pip install
git+http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-ariatosca.git
+
+To test it, let's create a service instance from a TOSCA blueprint:
+
+ aria parse blueprints/tosca/node-cellar/node-cellar.yaml
+
+You can also get it in JSON or YAML formats:
+
+ aria parse blueprints/tosca/node-cellar/node-cellar.yaml --json
+
+Or get an overview of the relationship graph:
+
+ aria parse blueprints/tosca/node-cellar/node-cellar.yaml --graph
+
+You can provide inputs as JSON, overriding default values provided in the
blueprint
+
+ aria parse blueprints/tosca/node-cellar/node-cellar.yaml
--inputs='{"openstack_credential": {"user": "username"}}'
+
+Instead of providing them explicitly, you can also provide them in a file
or URL, in either JSON or
+YAML. If you do so, the value must end in ".json" or ".yaml":
+
+ aria parse blueprints/tosca/node-cellar/node-cellar.yaml
--inputs=blueprints/tosca/node-cellar/inputs.yaml
+
+
+CLI Tool
+--------
+
+Though ARIA is fully exposed as an API, it also comes with a CLI tool to
allow you to
+work from the shell:
+
+ aria parse blueprints/tosca/node-cellar/node-cellar.yaml instance
+
+The `parse` command supports the following directives to create variations
of the default consumer
+chain:
+
+* `presentation`: emits a colorized textual representation of the Python
presentation classes
+ wrapping the blueprint.
+* `model`: emits a colorized textual representation of the complete
service model derived from the
+ validated blueprint. This includes all the node templates, with their
requirements satisfied at
+ the level of relating to other node templates.
+* `types`: emits a colorized textual representation of the type
hierarchies.
+* `instance`: **this is the default command**; emits a colorized textual
representation of a
+ service instance instantiated from the service model. Here the node
templates are each used to
+ create one or more nodes, with the appropriate relationships between
them. Note that every time
+ you run this consumer, you will get a different set of node IDs. Use
`--graph` to see just the
+ node relationship graph.
+
+For all these commands, you can also use `--json` or `--yaml` flags to
emit in those formats.
+
+Additionally, The CLI tool lets you specify the complete classname of your
own custom consumer to
+chain at the end of the default consumer chain, after `instance`.
+
+Your customer consumer can be an entry point into a powerful TOSCA-based
tool or application, such
+as an orchestrator, a graphical modeling tool, etc.
+
+
+Development
+-----------
+
+Instead of installing with `pip`, it would be easier to work directly with
the source files:
+
+ pip install virtualenv
+ virtualenv env
+ . env/bin/activate
+ git clone http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-ariatosca.git
+ cd incubator-ariatosca
+ pip install -e .
+
+To run tests:
+
+ pip install tox
+ tox
+
+To build the documentation:
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we currently have no make file (or docs), so probably best to remove this
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