CIM Formats

We have developed the Cloud Information Model (CIM) with a standards-based approach and translated it into multiple formats. This approach enables businesses with varying technologies to adopt CIM. It also empowers contributors and fosters growth for a larger CIM ecosystem.

CIM supports the following standard file formats.

Format

File

Description

Standard

JSON-LD

concepts.json

Conceptual description of the entities and relationships in the model

RDF Schema

JSON-LD

schema.json

Canonical data shapes and additional contstraints

SHACL

JSON-LD

schema.rdml

Mapping from the relational schema to an RDF graph

R2RML

YAML

concepts.yaml

AML human-readable version of the conceptual model

AML Vocabulary

YAML

schema.yaml

AML human-readable version of the canonical data shapes

AML Dialect

YAML

schema.raml

AML human-readable version of the canonical data shapes

RAML data types

JSON

schema.json

JSON Schema for the canonical data shapes

JSON Schema

SQL DDL

schema.sql

SQL DDL statements for the canonical shapes

SQL 2008

The Full CIM Distribution in our Available Formats

Click on one of our available formats to download the complete CIM definition.

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