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CIM Specification
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Overview | CIM Specification | CIM Schema | Extension Schema
Specification | Meta
Schema | MOF | UML
The Common Information Model (CIM) is an approach
to the management of systems and networks that applies the basic
structure and conceptualization techniques of the object-oriented
modeling paradigm. The approach uses a uniform modeling formalism
that supports the cooperative development of an object-oriented
schema.
The CIM Specification describes an
object-oriented meta model based on the Unified Modeling Language
(UML). This model includes expressions for common elements that
must be clearly presented to management applications (e.g.,
classes, properties, methods, indications and associations).
The specification defines the syntax and rules of
the model. The specification defines the CIM meta schema, each of
the meta schema elements, and the rules for each element. The
specification also defines a CIM syntax language based on
Interface Definition Language (IDL) called Managed Object Format
(MOF). The specification additionally defines the CIM Naming
mechanism.
The CIM Specification does not describe specific CIM
implementations, API's, or communication protocols. These topics
are outside the scope of the specification. The CIM Specification
also does not include the core and common models. These models are
separate from the CIM Specification and are defined
independently.
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