This feature has been implemented in OVSDB since the beginning, but until
now it was undocumented.
"type": <type> required
"ephemeral": <boolean> optional
+ "mutable": <boolean> optional
The "type" specifies the type of data stored in this column. If
"ephemeral" is specified as true, then this column's values are
not guaranteed to be durable; they may be lost when the database
- restarts.
+ restarts. If "mutable" is specified as false, then this column's
+ values may not be modified after they are initially set with the
+ "insert" operation.
<type>