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CONTENTS................................................................................................................................................... 3 31 Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 32 Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................. 7 33 Document Conventions ......................................................................................................................... 7 34 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................... 9 35 1 Scope .................................................................................................................................................... 9 36 2 Normative references ............................................................................................................................ 9 37 3 Terms and definitions .......................................................................................................................... 10 38 4 Symbols and abbreviated terms .......................................................................................................... 12 39 5 CIM schema elements ......................................................................................................................... 13 40 5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 13 41 5.2 Modeling a management domain ............................................................................................. 13 42 5.3 Models and Schema ................................................................................................................. 13 43 5.4 Common attributes of typed elements ...................................................................................... 13 44 5.4.1 Scalar ........................................................................................................................... 14 45 5.4.2 Array ............................................................................................................................ 14 46 5.5 Primitive types ........................................................................................................................... 15 47 5.5.1 Datetime ....................................................................................................................... 16 48 5.5.2 OctetString ................................................................................................................... 18 49 5.5.3 String ............................................................................................................................ 18 50 5.6 Schema Elements ..................................................................................................................... 18 51 5.6.1 Enumeration ................................................................................................................. 18 52 5.6.2 EnumerationLiteral ....................................................................................................... 19 53 5.6.3 Property ....................................................................................................................... 19 54 5.6.4 Method ......................................................................................................................... 20 55 5.6.5 Parameter .................................................................................................................... 21 56 5.6.6 Structure ...................................................................................................................... 22 57 5.6.7 Class ............................................................................................................................ 22 58 5.6.8 Association ................................................................................................................... 23 59 5.6.9 Reference type ............................................................................................................. 24 60 5.6.10 Instance specification .................................................................................................. 24 61 5.6.11 Structure value ............................................................................................................. 24 62 5.6.12 Qualifier Types and Qualifiers ..................................................................................... 24 63 5.7 Naming of model elements in a schema ................................................................................... 26 64 5.7.1 Matching ...................................................................................................................... 26 65 5.7.2 Uniqueness .................................................................................................................. 26 66 5.8 Schema backwards compatibility rules ..................................................................................... 26 67 6 CIM Metamodel ................................................................................................................................... 30 68 6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 31 69 6.2 Notation ..................................................................................................................................... 31 70 6.2.1 Attributes ...................................................................................................................... 31 71 6.2.2 Associations ................................................................................................................. 31 72 6.2.3 Constraints ................................................................................................................... 32 73 6.3 Types used within the metamodel ............................................................................................ 32 74 6.3.1 AccessKind .................................................................................................................. 32 75 6.3.2 AggregationKind .......................................................................................................... 33 76 6.3.3 ArrayKind ....................................................................................................................