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This document describes the Desktop Management Interface, or DMI, that acts as a layer of abstraction between these two worlds
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The first desktop management standard from the DMTF.
- ↑ "DMI | dmtf.org". www.dmtf.org. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
Due to the rapid advancement of DMTF technologies, such as CIM, DMTF defined an end of life process for its Desktop Management Interface (DMI), which concluded March 31, 2005.
