2.2.2 CIM Path and Namespace
The syntax for CIM path and namespace is provided in ABNF notation.
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; ----------------------------------- ; CIM PATH ; ----------------------------------- CIMPATH = ( <NAMESPACE-PATH> COLON <OBJECT-PATH> ) / <OBJECT-PATH> NAMESPACE-PATH = [<MACHINE-PATH>] NAMESPACE MACHINE-PATH = BACKSLASH BACKSLASH <MACHINENAME> BACKSLASH OBJECT-PATH = <CLASS-NAME> [<INSTANCE-KEY>] INSTANCE-KEY = (EQUAL "@") / DOT <KEY-VALUE-LIST> KEY-VALUE-LIST = <PROPERTY-NAME> EQUAL <TYPED-CONSTANT> <KEY-VALUE-LIST2> KEY-VALUE-LIST2 = [ COMMA KEY-VALUE-LIST ] CLASS-NAME = [__]<STRING-IDENTIFIER> PROPERTY-NAME = [__]<STRING-IDENTIFIER> ; ----------------------------------- ; NAMESPACE ; ----------------------------------- NAMESPACE = <STRING-IDENTIFIER> <SUB-NAMESPACE> <SUB-NAMESPACE> = [ BACKSLASH <NAMESPACE> ] TYPED-CONSTANT = INT / REAL / STRING / DATETIME / BOOL INT = "[-+]?\d*" REAL = "[-+]?\d*(\.\d+)?" STRING = ["]([a-z][A-Z]\d)*["] DATETIME = "(\d\d\d\d)(0\d|1[012])(0\d|[12][0-9]|3[01])([0-1]\d|2[0-3])([0-5]\d)([0-5]\d)[.]\d\d\d\d\d\d[+-]([0-6][02468][0]|7[0-2][0])" BOOL = "TRUE" / "FALSE" ; ----------------------------------- ; Characters ; ----------------------------------- ALPHA = %x41-5A DIGIT = %x30-39 BACKSLASH = "\" DOT = "." STRING-IDENTIFIER = ALPHA *(ALPHA / DIGIT / (*("_") ALPHA / DIGIT)) COLON=":" MACHINENAME = <STRING-IDENTIFIER> / DOT
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Objects and keywords |
Description |
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OBJECT-PATH |
The path of the CIM class or CIM instance to be referenced. |
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MACHINENAME |
The network-identifiable name of the machine where the referenced WMI class, instance, or namespace resides. |
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CLASS-NAME |
Identifies a CIM class name. |
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INSTANCE-KEY |
Uniquely identifies the instance of a given CIM class. |
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KEY-VALUE-LIST |
List of property names and their values, separated by a ",". Each property value pair is represented in propertyName=value format. |
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PROPERTY-NAME |
Identifies the name of a property of the CIM class. |