[[chef-dev]] Semantics proposal on Resource 'attributes'

[Joshua Timberman < >]

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I propose we stop referring to the parameters passed to resources as  
attributes, and call them parameters unilaterally. For example, a  
file's owner, or package's version. I have two main reasons for this.

1. Semantic cohesion with the 'params' hash in definitions.
2. Potential confusion with node, role or cookbook attributes.
3. (Bonus!) Folks in #chef-hacking are supportive of this.

This is definitely a semantics topic, but an important one.  
Documentation updates to the wiki will be required, and potentially  
other pages. This also may require a mental shift, depending on how we  
talk about this aspect of Chef.

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