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+assignees:
+  - mrunalp
+  - runcom
+  - yujuhong
+  - cyphar
+  - mikebrow
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-# ocid
+# ocid - OCI-based implementation of Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface
 ===========================
-ocid aims to implement the kubelet [Container Runtime Interface](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/25899)
- to allow plugging in OCI compatible runtimes.
+
+The plan is to use OCI projects and best of breed libraries for different aspects:
+- Runtime: runc (or any OCI runtime-spec compliant runtime)
+- Images: Image management using https://github.com/containers/image
+- Storage: Storage and management of image layers using https://github.com/containers/storage
+- Networking: Networking support through use of [CNI](https://github.com/containernetworking/cni)