CIM indication class hierarchy

The CIM indication class hierarchy models the types of events that can be detected. An instance of CIM_Indication represents the occurrence of an event in general. Indication instances cannot be addressed, but they have a source namespace. Although indications are modeled using CIM classes, indications are unique in that they cannot be manipulated or retrieved, but they can only be received by subscription. The CIM_Indication class is the base class for all other indication classes. It includes the following properties:

IndicationIdentifier

identifies indication instances uniquely within their source namespace.

IndicationTime

describes, to the extent possible, the time and date of the creation of the underlying event for the indication.

CorrelatedIndications

specifies a list of other indications, referenced by their IndicationIdentifier property values, that are related to this indication. These IndicationIdentifier property values are interpreted to have the same source namespace as this indication.

While the CorrelatedIndications property values are to be interpreted in the context of a single CIM namespace, any instances of other classes of the CIM Event Model do not need to be located in the same namespace.