=== CIMI (Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface)===

{{tag>technical_standards IaaS}}

| Status | Released |
| Body | [[DMTF]] |
| URL | http://dmtf.org/standards/cloud |
| Source | [[ETSI]] |

The Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface is a standard released by [[DMTF]]. Similarly to [[OCCI]], it also
consists of multiple specifications:

   * CIMI Primer (DSP2027) v. 1.0.0
   * CIMI (DSP0263) v. 1.1.0
   * CIMI-CIM (DSP0264) v. 1.0.0

CIMI is a highly specific IaaS protocol, defining a wide range of attributes
applicable in the context of IaaS. This is what mainly distinguishes it from [[OCCI]],
which is a much more light-weight, generic boundary-level protocol, relying on
its extensibility to cover specific areas.