The Message Registry tab contains fields that are used to fill the Registry Declaration tag of a Message Registry XML file.

Message Registry Tab

Identification ID

An identification of the message registry, for programmatic use and external reference to the registry. Although defined as optional for backwards comatibility, it is highly recommended that message registries specify this attribute. If specified, it shall be unique across all message registries owned by the owning entity stated in the OWNING_ENTITY element of the registry, and it shall not change over the lifetime of the registry. If specified, its format shall conform to the IDENTIFIER ABNF rule defined in Annex A of DSP0004. It shall be compared case sensitively. For registries owned by DMTF, its value shall be the DSP number of the registry if specified, in upper case (e.g. "DSP8016").

Identification Name

A display name of the message registry, for human consumption. It should not be used for external reference to the registry. It shall be unique across all message registries owned by the owning entity stated in the OWNING_ENTITY element of the registry. It may be changed in future releases of the registry. It should not contain the owning organization as stated in the OWNING_ENTITY element. It should contain the string "Message Registry" if written in English language, or corresponding translations of this string if written in other languages. Example for the value: "WBEM Operations Message Registry".

Identification Version

The version of the message registry. The attribute value shall conform to the DMTF versioning rules defined in DSP0004.

Identification Language

The language used by all messages defined in the message registry. The attribute value shall conform to the definition of Language Tags defined in RFC2616 (HTTP/1.1 specification).

Specification Owning Entity

The owning entity of the document. If not specified, the owning entity of the message registry shall be assumed to also be the owning entity of the document.

Specification Name

The title of the document.

Specification DSP Number

A document number that uniquely identifies the document within its owning entity. For documents owned by DMTF, it shall be specified and its value shall be the DSP number of the document in upper case (e.g. "DSP8016"). For other documents, a specification of this attribute is optional.

Specification Version

The version of the document. For documents owned by DMTF, the version shall contain the major and minor version number, optionally the update version number and if the update version number is present, optionally one or two draft letters. If the version contains only the major and minor version number, the latest published update version number is meant to be referenced. For documents not owned by DMTF, the version number may be an arbitrary string.

CIM Schema Version

The version of the CIM Schema the message registry is dependent on. The version shall contain the major and minor version number, and optionally the update version number. If the version contains only the major and minor version number, the latest published update version number is meant to be referenced.

Owning Entity

The name of the owning entity of a document (i.e. the business entity or standards body that maintains and owns the document), for human consumption. The element content shall include a copyrighted, trademarked or otherwise unique name that is owned by the owning entity. For documents owned by DMTF, the element content shall be "DMTF".

Description

A description of the message registry.