DMTF Releases WS-CIM.Leading Standards Body Delivers Critical Technology for Standards-Based Web Services Management SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- The Distributed Management Task Force Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF, formerly "Desktop Management Task Force") is a standards organisation that develops and maintains standards for systems management of IT environments in enterprises and the Internet. , Inc. (DMTF (Distributed Management Task Force, Inc., Portland, OR, www.dmtf.org) An industry consortium founded in 1992 that is involved with the development, support and maintenance of management standards for PCs. Its goal is to reduce the cost and complexity of PC management. [R]), the industry organization leading the development, adoption and promotion of interoperable management initiatives and standards, today announced the release of the WS-CIM specification, which provides a simple way for users to capitalize on the vast management information available via the DMTF's widely implemented Common Information Model (CIM), while taking advantage of today's Web services standards. WS-CIM delivers CIM mappings that enable automatic translation to Web services formats, enabling the most expedient use of current Web services infrastructure. CIM-based management in a Web services environment requires that the CIM Schema (classes, properties and methods) be rendered in XML Schema and the Web Services Description Language “WSDL” redirects here. For other uses, see WSDL (disambiguation). The Web Services Description Language (WSDL, pronounced 'wiz-dəl' or spelled out, 'W-S-D-L') is an XML-based language that provides a model for describing Web services. (WSDL (Web Services Description Language) An XML-based language for defining Web services. Developed by Microsoft and IBM, WSDL describes the protocols and formats used by the service. ). WS-CIM describes the structure of the XML Schema, WSDL fragments and metadata fragments corresponding to the elements of CIM models, and provides the necessary mapping to enable interoperability. As a result, WS-CIM, the most recent addition to the DMTF's Web-Based Enterprise Management (standard, system management) Web-Based Enterprise Management - (WBEM) A DMTF management standard using the Common Information Model to represent systems, applications, networks, devices and other managed components; developed to unify the management of distributed computing (WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) An umbrella term for using Internet technologies to manage systems and networks throughout the enterprise. Both browsers and applications can be used to access the information that is made available in formats such as HTML and ) suite of technologies, enables the key Web services management standards - the DMTF's WS-Management and OASIS' Web Services Distributed Management “WSDM” redirects here. For the Terre Haute, Indiana radio station, see WSDM-FM. Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM, pronounced wisdom) is a web service standard for managing and monitoring the status of other services. (WSDM WSDM Web Services Distributed Management WSDM Web Site Design Method ) - to access CIM data with ease. "Though the Web services space continues to evolve, end users need a way to unlock its potential today, with technologies that will continue to improve as the industry moves forward," said Winston Bumpus, president, DMTF. "The DMTF is playing a key role in the evolution of management in the Web services arena, and WS-CIM is a critical piece that delivers crucial flexibility in Web services implementations. While allowing the user to capitalize in the near term on the vast opportunities Web services provides, WS-CIM offers continued flexibility for the future. The DMTF looks forward to helping increase the widespread adoption of Web services technologies as a result." The DMTF's WS-CIM specification is available for download at http://www.dmtf.org/standards/published_documents/DSP0230.pdf. About the DMTF With more than 3,500 active participants representing 39 countries and nearly 200 organizations, the Distributed Management Task Force, Inc. (DMTF) is the industry organization leading the development, adoption and promotion of interoperable management initiatives and standards. DMTF management technologies include the Common Diagnostic Model (CDM) initiative, the Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware The Systems Management Architecture for Server Hardware (SMASH) is a suite of specifications that deliver industry standard protocols to increase productivity of the management of a data center. (SMASH) initiative, Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) - including protocols such as CIM-XML and Web Services for Management (WS-Management) - which are all based on the Common Information Model (CIM). Information about the DMTF technologies and activities can be found at www.dmtf.org. |
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