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[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

domain

The class to which a property or method belongs. For example, if status is a property of Logical Device, it is said to belong to the Logical Device domain.

dynamic class

A WBEM class whose definition is supplied by a provider at runtime as needed. Dynamic classes are not stored permanently. The provider responsible for a dynamic class stores information about its location. Whenever a dynamic class is requested, CIMOM makes a call to the appropriate provider to request it. Dynamic classes can support only dynamic instances.

dynamic instance

An instance that is supplied by a provider when the need arises and is not stored in the CIMOM repository. Requests for dynamic instances are forwarded through CIMOM to the provider for the class. Supporting instances of a class dynamically allows a provider to always supply up-to-the-minute property values.

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