1.1 Glossary

This document uses the following terms:

client: A client device that is capable of issuing OMA-DM commands to a server and responding to OMA-DM commands issued by a server.

document type definition (DTD): A language that can be used to define the rules of an XML document, as specified in [XML] section 2.8.

OMA-DM: See Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Device Management.

server: A server capable of issuing OMA-DM commands to a client and responding to OMA-DM commands issued by a client. See [MS-MDM]

Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): A string that identifies a resource. The URI is an addressing mechanism defined in Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax [RFC3986].

Uniform Resource Name (URN): A string that identifies a persistent Internet resource, as described in [RFC2141]. A URN can provide a mechanism for locating and retrieving a schema file that defines a specific namespace. Although a URL can provide similar functionality, a URN can refer to more than one URL and is not location-dependent.

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI): The Microsoft implementation of Common Information Model (CIM), as specified in [DMTF-DSP0004]. WMI allows an administrator to manage local and remote machines and models computer and network objects using an extension of the CIM standard.

Windows Notification Service (WNS): A Microsoft-provided cloud service that is responsible for sending out notifications to targeted clients.

MAY, SHOULD, MUST, SHOULD NOT, MUST NOT: These terms (in all caps) are used as defined in [RFC2119]. All statements of optional behavior use either MAY, SHOULD, or SHOULD NOT.