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23           /*
24               $Author:
25           */
26           /** @name Provider API Defintions
27           
28           Provider APIs are defined to:
29           
30           <OL>
31           <LI>Control individual providers including operations such as starting and stopping 
32           the provkders
33           <LI>Pass CIM information between the providers and the CIM Object Manager. CIM operations
34           are passed from the CIM Object Manager to the providers and responses to these operations
35           are passed back to the CIM Object manager by the providers.  In addition, providers can
36           generate CIM Indications and pass these back to the CIM Object Manager.
37           </OL>
38           
39           <H2>CIM Operations</H2>
40           ATTN: We need to define the CIM Operations here in terms of the operations from the client
41           and those specifications.
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44           */