Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Desktop Management Task Force
     
         (DMTF) The industry consortium that develops, supports,
        and maintains standards for systems management of {PC} systems
        and products, to reduce total cost of ownership.  These
        include the {Desktop Management Interface} (DMI), the
        most-widely used management standard today.
     
        The DMTF is participating in an industry effort to create a
        standard for management over the {Internet}.  They are
        defining an {object-oriented} {Common Information Model}
        (CIM).
     
        {Home (http://www.dmtf.org/)}.
     
        (2000-01-19)