Due to the rapid development of DMTF technologies, such as Common Information Model ( CIM ), the DMTF defined an " End of Life " process for DMI, which ended on March 31, 2005.
The "'Common Information Model "'( "'CIM "') is an open standard that defines how managed elements in an management of these managed elements, independent of their manufacturer or provider.
OMG's MOF is not to be confused with the Managed Object Format ( MOF ) defined by the Distributed Management Task Force ( DMTF ) in section 6 of the Common Information Model ( CIM ) Infrastructure Specification, version 2.5 . 0.
The common information model should identify the elements of the manufacturing system and their relationships to each other; the functions or processes performed by each element; the tools, materials, and information required to perform those functions; and measures of effectiveness for the model and its component elements.
In electric power transmission and distribution, the "'Common Information Model "'( "'CIM "'), a standard developed by the electric power industry that has been officially adopted by the International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC ), aims to allow application software to exchange information about an electrical network.
The "'Storage Management Initiative Specification "', commonly called "'SMI-S "', is a Common Information Model and the Web-Based Enterprise Management standards defined by the Distributed Management Task Force, which define management functionality via HTTP . The most recent approved version of SMI-S is available at the SNIA.