!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] ([PCIM]) is defined in [RFC 3460] and [RFC 4524] and presents the [Object-oriented] [Framework] for representing [policy] information developed jointly in the [IETF] Policy [Framework] [Working Group] and as extensions to the [Common Information Model] ([CIM])  activity in the [Distributed Management Task Force] ([DMTF]).  



[{$pagename}] model defines two [hierarchies|Hierarchical] of [object classe]s:  
* structural classes - representing [policy] information and control of policies, and
* association classes - that indicate how instances of the structural classes are related to each other. 

Subsequent documents will define mappings of this information model to various concrete [implementations], for example, to a directory that uses [LDAPv3] as its access protocol.


[{$pagename}] provides a [Framework] for a [Policy Based Management System]


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