Background
Openwsman is an open-source implementation of the WS-Management specification. Intel Open-source Technology Center (OTC) launched the Openwsman project in 2005. Openwsman provides a standard management protocol on Linux and other operating systems. Initially the project implemented the WS-Management specification from June 2005. After the specification has been submitted to the DMTF the project moved to support the new DMTF specification in summer 2006.