Re: [sacm] [sacmwg/draft-ietf-sacm-information-model] softwareClass does not support softwareDependencies (#76)

[Danny Haynes <[e-mail]>]

Would it be enough to include an absolute file path and the versions/hashes could be looked up at a later point in time? Or, does that information need to be embedded in the SoftwareInstance IE?

So, I think it is okay that the softwareInstance IE doesn't support everything in CIM_SoftwareIdentity (or any other DM for that matter) because DMs may support IEs beyond those specified by the IM. We also want to be careful not to make IM IEs so specific that they preclude the use of DMs because they can't implement the IE. For example, we wouldn't want to use the CIM_SoftwareIdentity version property because it is fairly restrictive and would not accommodate version strings used to describe RPM and DPKG software on Linux among others.  With all that said, if there are certain properties that seem generally applicable that should be included, I would like to hear your's and others' thoughts on them.

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