CIM (Common Information Model)
CIM is a data model for describing managed elements across the enterprise, including systems, networks and applications. The CIM schema provides definitions for servers, desktops, peripherals, operating systems, applications, network components, users and others along with details of each. One of the main functions CIM offers is the ability to define the associations between components. CIM's object-oriented approach makes it easier to track the relationships and interdependencies between managed objects. It is a core foundation of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)'s Web-based Enterprise Management initiative.
From From software to services - making management work, Network World on Network/Systems Management, 09/20/99.
Additional resources
DMTF CIM page
Has links to specs, schema and CIM tools
Updated CIM manages Unix, WBEM
Network World Fusion, 06/11/02.
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