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Document Number: XMP1999

Date: 2011-08-31

Version: 1.0.0m

Development Version: 0.8.0

Development Edit Date: 2011-08-31

Sample Glossary

Document Type: Specification

Document Status: In Development

Document Language: en-US

## Copyright notice

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Implementation of certain elements of this standard or proposed standard may be subject to third party patent rights, including provisional patent rights (herein "patent rights"). DMTF makes no representations to users of the standard as to the existence of such rights, and is not responsible to recognize, disclose, or identify any or all such third party patent right, owners or claimants, nor for any incomplete or inaccurate identification or disclosure of such rights, owners or claimants. DMTF shall have no liability to any party, in any manner or circumstance, under any legal theory whatsoever, for failure to recognize, disclose, or identify any such third party patent rights, or for such party’s reliance on the standard or incorporation thereof in its product, protocols or testing procedures. DMTF shall have no liability to any party implementing such standard, whether such implementation is foreseeable or not, nor to any patent owner or claimant, and shall have no liability or responsibility for costs or losses incurred if a standard is withdrawn or modified after publication, and shall be indemnified and held harmless by any party implementing the standard from any and all claims of infringement by a patent owner for such implementations.

For information about patents held by third-parties which have notified the DMTF that, in their opinion, such patent may relate to or impact implementations of DMTF standards, visit http://www.dmtf.org/about/policies/disclosures.php.

# CONTENTS

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# Foreword

This document was prepared by the DMTF {Glossary} Working Group

DMTF is a not-for-profit association of industry members dedicated to promoting enterprise and systems management and interoperability. For information about the DMTF, see http://www.dmtf.org.

## Acknowledgements

DMTF acknowledges the following individuals for their contributions to this document:

- Andreas Maier, IBM (editor)
- Hemal Shah, Broadcom Corporation

## Document conventions

### Typographical conventions

The following typographical conventions are used in this document:

- Document titles are marked in italics.
- Important terms that are used for the first time are marked in italics.
- Terms include a link to the term definition in the "Terms and definitions" clause, enabling easy navigation to the term definition.

# Scope

The Sample Glossary demonstrates the use of the MRP format for representing a glossary so that any terms and symbols can be referenced by other profiles.

# Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated or versioned references, only the edition cited (including any corrigenda or DMTF update versions) applies. For references without a date or version, the latest published edition of the referenced document (including any corrigenda or DMTF update versions) applies.

ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, Rules for the structure and drafting of International Standards,
http://isotc.iso.org/livelink/livelink?func=ll&objId=4230456&objAction=browse&sort=subtype

# Terms and definitions

In this document, some terms have a specific meaning beyond the normal English meaning. Those terms are defined in this clause.

## General

The terms "shall" ("required"), "shall not", "should" ("recommended"), "should not" ("not recommended"), "may", "need not" ("not required"), "can" and "cannot" in this document are to be interpreted as described in ISO/IEC Directives, Part2, Annex H. The terms in parenthesis are alternatives for the preceding term, for use in exceptional cases when the preceding term cannot be used for linguistic reasons. Note that ISO/IEC Directives, Part2, Annex H specifies additional alternatives. Occurrences of such additional alternatives shall be interpreted in their normal English meaning in this document.
The terms "clause", "subclause", "paragraph", "annex" in this document are to be interpreted as described in ISO/IEC Directives, Part2, Clause 5.
The terms "normative" and "informative" in this document are to be interpreted as described in ISO/IEC Directives, Part2, Clause 3. In this document, clauses, subclauses or annexes indicated with "(informative)" as well as notes and examples do not contain normative content.

The following additional terms are defined in this document.

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connecting element

A physical element that has the ability to connect with a physical connector.

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delimited substring

A substring of a vendor compatibility string that starts at the beginning of the vendor compatibility string and ends at the end of the string, or at a character that precedes a colon (:) within the string.

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field replaceable unit

A physical element that can be replaced in the field. Also sometimes called a part.

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FRU information

Information that supports the replacement of a FRU in the field.

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FRU number

A string that identifies the FRU. The uniqueness of that string and potential correspondence to a part number is defined by the manufacturer of the FRU. The FRU number is part of the FRU information.

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physical component

A physical element that cannot be further decomposed.

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physical element

An element in the managed environment that has a physical presence (e.g. could be touched).

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physical package

A physical element that has the ability to contain (or house, host) other physical elements.

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physical connector

A physical element that has the ability to connect with a connecting element.

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slot

A place to plug a physical package into.

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system chassis

The physical package of the managed system.

# Symbols and abbreviated terms

The following additional abbreviations are defined in this document.

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FRU

Field Replaceable Unit

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(informative)
Change log

Change log
Version | Date | Description
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1.0.0m | 2011-08-31 | Included as a sample glossary into DSP2023