The resource container service 306 may receive the API request 330, create the specified resource container, and store the metadata regarding the created resource container in the platform data store 312. The resource container service 306 may create the resource container by creating a data structure and associating computing resources with the resource container. The resource container service 306 may also generate metadata as part of creating the resource container. The metadata may include various information regarding the created resource container, such as identifying information, a URN, characteristics of the resource container, size, location, and/or variations thereof. For example, the URN of the created resource container may be the URN 334, (e.g., “ws:zone1123:resourcecontainer/ProjectPhobos” is presented as an illustrative example in