The General tab contains fields that identifies and describes the message.

Name
A name of the message, for human consumption. The attribute value should be unique within the message
registry (the MESSAGE_ID is required to be unique, for programmatic access) and should be a brief
descriptive text. For example, "HTTP header malformed in POST operation" is preferrable over "protocol error".
Experimental
An indicator on whether or not the message is considered experimental. A value of "true"(checked) means the
message is experimental. Experimental messages may be removed or changed incompatibly in future revisions
of the message registry.
Message ID
The message identifier. The message identifier consists of the PREFIX and SEQUENCE_NUMBER attributes.
The combination of these two attribute values shall be unique across all message registries owned by a
particular owning entity (as identified by the OWNING_ENTITY element). The value of the MessageID property
in CIM_Error and CIM_AlertIndication instances conveying a message from a message registry shall be set to
the concatenation of the PREFIX and SEQUENCE_NUMBER attribute values, as specified in the message registry
(i.e. no further padding or adjustment of these values takes place).
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Prefix
The prefix portion of the message identifier. Typically, the same prefix is used for all messages in a
particular message registry, and different prefixes are used for the messages in different message registries.
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Sequence Number
The sequence number portion of the message identifier. The format of the attribute value shall conform to the
decimal string representation of an integer value that optionally has leading zeros. It is recommended that
the attribute value is padded with leading zeros to a total length of at least four digits.
Message Description
A description of the message. The description is targeted to developers of an implementation that produces or
consumes the message. It does not need to be well suited as an explanation for human consumers of the message.
The description should cover the purpose of the message and its usage. A profile may further constrain the
purpose or the usage of the message within the domain of the profile. Note that each dynamic element within
the message can have a description on its own, so this information should not be repeated in this element.
Fixed Message Instance Values
Requirements for specific property values to be set in CIM_Error and CIM_AlertIndication instances conveying
a message from a message registry. Such instances may have additional properties set, as defined in the CIM
Schema or further constrained in profiles using messages. Each child element of this element corresponds to
a specific property in these instances. The property value to be set is defined as the element content of the
child element. The requirement for setting the property to that value is defined in the EXISTENCE_IS attribute
of the child element. There shall be at most one occurence of this element for CIM_Error instances
(TYPE="ERROR"), and at most one for CIM_AlertIndication instances (TYPE="ALERT"). If there is no occurence of
this element for a particular type of class, instances of that class may be produced, they are just not further
constrained to specific property values.
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Type
An indicator for the class type whose instances are constrained by this occurence of the element. Valid values
and their meanings are: - "ERROR": Instances of CIM_Error are constrained. The child elements shall be those of
the choice for CIM_Error (CIMSTATUSCODE, etc.). - "ALERT": Instances of CIM_AlertIndication are constrained.
The child elements shall be those of the choice for CIM_AlertIndication (ALERTING_MANAGED_ELEMENT, etc.).
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Alert
Choice for CIM_AlertIndication instances (TYPE="ALERT").
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Alerting Managed Element
A value constraint for the (string typed) AlertingManagedElement property in CIM_AlertIndication.
The element content shall be the value to be used for the property, if implemented. The specified value
shall be a valid value according to the description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that a message
can only specify a single property value, so if there is a need to use different values depending on some
condition, the message needs to be split up into multiple messages.
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Alerting Element Format
A value constraint for the (uint16 typed) AlertingElementFormat property in CIM_AlertIndication.
The element content shall be a decimal string representation of the value to be used for the property,
if implemented. The specified value shall be a valid value according to the description of the property
in the CIM Schema. Note that a message can only specify a single property value, so if there is a need to
use different values depending on some condition, the message needs to be split up into multiple messages.
The element content of the DESCRIPTION child element should contain the corresponding value of the Values
qualifier defined for the property in the CIM Schema and may contain other text.
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Other Alerting Element Format
A value constraint for the (string typed) OtherAlertingElementFormat property in CIM_AlertIndication.
The element content shall be the value to be used for the property, if implemented. The specified value
shall be a valid value according to the description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that according
to that description, the property is used only if the AlertingElementFormat property has a value of 1 (Other).
Note that a message can only specify a single property value, so if there is a need to use different values
depending on some condition, the message needs to be split up into multiple messages.
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Alert type
A value constraint for the (uint16 typed) AlertType property in CIM_AlertIndication. The element content
shall be a decimal string representation of the value to be used for the property, if implemented.
The specified value shall be a valid value according to the description of the property in the CIM Schema.
Note that a message can only specify a single property value, so if there is a need to use different values
depending on some condition, the message needs to be split up into multiple messages. The element content of
the DESCRIPTION child element should contain the corresponding value of the Values qualifier defined for the
property in the CIM Schema and may contain other text.
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Other Alert type
A value constraint for the (string typed) OtherAlertType property in CIM_AlertIndication. The element content
shall be the value to be used for the property, if implemented. The specified value shall be a valid value
according to the description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that according to that description, the
property is used only if the AlertType property has a value of 1 (Other). Note that a message can only specify
a single property value, so if there is a need to use different values depending on some condition, the message
needs to be split up into multiple messages.
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Perceived Severity
A value constraint for the (uint16 typed) PerceivedSeverity property in CIM_Error and CIM_AlertIndication.
The element content shall be a decimal string representation of the value that is recommended to be used for
the property, if implemented. Note that the specified value is not required to be used, rather it is advisory
and implementations may use other values. The specified value shall be a valid value according to the
description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that a message can only specify a single property value,
so if there is a need to use different values depending on some condition, the message needs to be split up
into multiple messages. The element content of the DESCRIPTION child element should contain the corresponding
value of the Values qualifier defined for the property in the CIM Schema and may contain other text.
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Recommended Action
A value constraint for the (string typed) RecommendedActions array property in CIM_Error. Each occurence of
the element represents one array entry. The element content shall be the value to be used for the property,
if implemented. The specified value shall be a valid value according to the description of the property in the
CIM Schema. Note that a message can only specify a single property value, so if there is a need to use
different values depending on some condition, the message needs to be split up into multiple messages.
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Error
Choice for CIM_Error instances (TYPE="ERROR").
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CIM Status Code
A value constraint for the (string typed) AlertingManagedElement property in CIM_AlertIndication.
The element content shall be the value to be used for the property, if implemented. The specified value
shall be a valid value according to the description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that a message
can only specify a single property value, so if there is a need to use different values depending on some
condition, the message needs to be split up into multiple messages.
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Error Type
A value constraint for the (uint16 typed) ErrorType property in CIM_Error. The element content shall be a
decimal string representation of the value to be used for the property, if implemented.
The specified value shall be a valid value according to the description of the property in the CIM Schema.
Note that a message can only specify a single property value, so if there is a need to use different values
depending on some condition, the message needs to be split up into multiple messages.
The element content of the DESCRIPTION child element should contain the corresponding value of the Values
qualifier defined for the property in the CIM Schema and may contain other text.
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Other Error Type
A value constraint for the (string typed) OtherErrorType property in CIM_Error. The element content shall be
the value to be used for the property, if implemented. The specified value shall be a valid value according
to the description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that according to that description, the property is
used only if the ErrorType property has a value of 1 (Other). Note that a message can only specify a single
property value, so if there is a need to use different values depending on some condition, the message needs
to be split up into multiple messages.
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Error Source
A value constraint for the (string typed) ErrorSource property in CIM_Error. The element content shall be the
value to be used for the property, if implemented. The specified value shall be a valid value according to
the description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that a message can only specify a single property value,
so if there is a need to use different values depending on some condition, the message needs to be split up into
multiple messages.
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Error Source Format
A value constraint for the (uint16 typed) ErrorSourceFormat property in CIM_Error. The element content shall be
a decimal string representation of the value to be used for the property, if implemented. The specified value
shall be a valid value according to the description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that a message can
only specify a single property value, so if there is a need to use different values depending on some condition,
the message needs to be split up into multiple messages. The element content of the DESCRIPTION child element
should contain the corresponding value of the Values qualifier defined for the property in the CIM Schema and
may contain other text.
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Other Error Source Format
A value constraint for the (string typed) OtherErrorSourceFormat property in CIM_Error. The element content shall
be the value to be used for the property, if implemented. The specified value shall be a valid value according
to the description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that according to that description, the property is
used only if the ErrorSourceFormat property has a value of 1 (Other). Note that a message can only specify a single
property value, so if there is a need to use different values depending on some condition, the message needs to be
split up into multiple messages.
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Perceived Severity
A value constraint for the (uint16 typed) PerceivedSeverity property in CIM_Error and CIM_AlertIndication.
The element content shall be a decimal string representation of the value that is recommended to be used for
the property, if implemented. Note that the specified value is not required to be used, rather it is advisory
and implementations may use other values. The specified value shall be a valid value according to the
description of the property in the CIM Schema. Note that a message can only specify a single property value,
so if there is a need to use different values depending on some condition, the message needs to be split up
into multiple messages. The element content of the DESCRIPTION child element should contain the corresponding
value of the Values qualifier defined for the property in the CIM Schema and may contain other text.
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Recommended Action
A value constraint for the (string typed) RecommendedActions array property in CIM_Error. Each occurence of
the element represents one array entry. The element content shall be the value to be used for the property,
if implemented. The specified value shall be a valid value according to the description of the property in the
CIM Schema. Note that a message can only specify a single property value, so if there is a need to use
different values depending on some condition, the message needs to be split up into multiple messages.