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Common Information Model
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Overview | CIM Specification | CIM Schema | Extension Schema
The goal of this section is to introduce the Common Information
Model (CIM). If you are familiar with the basics of CIM and want
more detailed information in a more specific portion of CIM,
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Introduction to CIM
The Common Information Model (CIM) is a conceptual information
model for describing computing and business entities in Internet,
enterprise and service provider environments. It provides a
consistent definition and structure of management information
using object oriented techniques. CIM includes expressions for
common elements that must be clearly presented to management
applications like classes, properties, methods and associations to
name a few. CIM uses a set of terminology specific to the model
and the principles of object oriented programming. The standard
language used to define elements of CIM in a text format is
Managed Object Format (MOF).
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