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Storage Management Initiative – Specification: Standards & Products

The Storage Management Initiative Specification, commonly called SMI-S, is a computer data storage management standard developed and maintained by the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA). It has also been ratified as an ISO standard. SMI-S is based upon the Common Information Model and the Web-Based Enterprise Management standards defined by…

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Storage Management Initiative – Specification topic overview

The analysis highlights Standards and Products as prominent areas in the source structure around Storage Management Initiative – Specification.

Related topics
13
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
17
Extracted relationships
43
Related term clusters
13
Bridge connections
17

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Overview · 7 topics
Basic concepts · 2 topics
Open source projects · 2 topics
SMI-S timeline · 2 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Abbreviation
SMI-S
Base standards
CIM, WBEM
Domain
Computer storage
Latest version
1.8.0 rev 5 March 2020; 6 years ago (2020-03)
Organization
Storage Networking Industry Association
Status
Published

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SMI-S timeline

Open source projects

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How Storage Management Initiative – Specification connects Entity context

The extracted context around Storage Management Initiative – Specification shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Storage Management Initiative – Specification → ANSI, Bluefin, China, Collection, Committee, Development, Discussions, Eight, Five, INCITS, Information, Initial, ISO, ISO/IEC, Multiple, Partner Development Process, Rev, Roger Reich, Six, SMI-S Another extracted example is Storage Management Initiative – Specification → SMI-S. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Storage Management Initiative – Specification

Top relations

related to SMI-S timeline · 35
Storage Management Initiative – Specification → ANSI, Bluefin, China, Collection, Committee, Development, Discussions, Eight, Five, INCITS, Information, Initial, ISO, ISO/IEC, Multiple, Partner Development Process, Rev, Roger Reich, Six, SMI-S
Abbreviation · 1
Storage Management Initiative – Specification → SMI-S
Base standards · 1
Storage Management Initiative – Specification → CIM, WBEM
Domain · 1
Storage Management Initiative – Specification → Computer storage
Latest version · 1
Storage Management Initiative – Specification → 1.8.0 rev 5 March 2020; 6 years ago (2020-03)
Organization · 1
Storage Management Initiative – Specification → Storage Networking Industry Association
Status · 1
Storage Management Initiative – Specification → Published
Website · 1
Storage Management Initiative – Specification → www.snia.org/smis
Year started · 1
Storage Management Initiative – Specification → 2002; 24 years ago (2002)

Important terminology

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Important terminology

smi-s snia management storage published technical standard position interoperability plugfests developed iso working held rev industry drafts specification information version

Storage Management Initiative – Specification relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 43 structured relationships around Storage Management Initiative – Specification. Examples in this analysis include Storage Management Initiative – Specification → Abbreviation → SMI-S and Storage Management Initiative – Specification → Base standards → CIM, WBEM. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Storage Management Initiative – SpecificationAbbreviationSMI-S1.00infobox
Storage Management Initiative – SpecificationBase standardsCIM, WBEM1.00infobox
Storage Management Initiative – SpecificationDomainComputer storage1.00infobox
Storage Management Initiative – SpecificationLatest version1.8.0 rev 5 March 2020; 6 years ago (2020-03)1.00infobox
Storage Management Initiative – SpecificationOrganizationStorage Networking Industry Association1.00infobox
Storage Management Initiative – SpecificationStatusPublished1.00infobox
Storage Management Initiative – SpecificationWebsitewww.snia.org/smis1.00infobox
Storage Management Initiative – SpecificationYear started2002; 24 years ago (2002)1.00infobox
Storage Management Initiative – Specificationrelated to SMI-S timelineCollection0.60section
Storage Management Initiative – Specificationrelated to SMI-S timelineRoger Reich0.60section
Storage Management Initiative – Specificationrelated to SMI-S timelineBluefin0.60section
Storage Management Initiative – Specificationrelated to SMI-S timelinePartner Development Process0.60section

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Storage Management Initiative – Specification bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Storage, Industry and Initiative. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Storage Management Initiative – Specification
    • Storage
    • Industry
    • Initiative
    • Management
    • Information
    • Specification
    • Smi-s
    • Association
    • Common
    • Networking
    • Cim
    • Provides
  • storage management initiative – specification
    • Specification
    • Storage
    • Industry
    • Association
    • Networking
    • Initiative
    • Management
    • Information
    • Smi-s
    • Common
    • Systems
    • Wbem
  • computer data storage
    • Industry
    • Association
    • Networking
    • Cim
    • Storage
    • Provides
    • Standards
    • Systems
    • Wbem
    • Website
    • Development
    • Management
  • storage networking industry association
    • Association
    • Networking
    • Industry
    • Initiative
    • Specification
    • Storage
    • Cim
    • Computer
    • Website
    • Management
    • Wbem
    • Development
  • web-based enterprise management
    • Model
    • Web-based
    • Storage
    • Cim
    • Information
    • Provides
    • Wbem
    • Industry
    • Initiative
    • Specification
    • Smi-s
    • Association
  • distributed management task force
    • Storage
    • Industry
    • Initiative
    • Information
    • Specification
    • Smi-s
    • Association
    • Common
    • Networking
    • Systems
    • Wbem
    • Cim
  • smi-s timeline
    • Snia
    • Published
    • Technical
    • Storage
    • Position
    • Developed
    • Drafts
    • Rev
    • Working
    • Standard
    • Information
    • Iso
  • common information model
    • Enterprise
    • Web-based
    • Model
    • Provides
    • Cim
    • Information
    • Wbem
    • Management
    • Storage
    • Standards
    • Website
    • Networking

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Storage Management Initiative – Specification, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Storage Management Initiative – Specification with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Storage Management Initiative – Specification — Overview · splits 10 ⟂ 8
Storage Management Initiative – Specification — Basic concepts · splits 15 ⟂ 3
Storage Management Initiative – Specification — SMI-S timeline · splits 15 ⟂ 3
Storage Management Initiative – Specification — Open source projects · splits 15 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Storage Management Initiative – Specification

Nodes18
Edges17
Triples43
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Storage Management Initiative – Specification to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Standards & Products, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Storage Management Initiative – Specification · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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