The WS-Management specification defines the Filter element, which is used to retrieve a subset of the result set, as specified in [DMTF-DSP0226] section 5.2.1.

The WMI specification defines the WQL query language, as specified in [MS-WMI] section 2.2.1.

The Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Vista service MUST process the request if it is targeted to a ResourceURI for a CIM or WMI resource and contains the Filter element with a Dialect identifying WQL: http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/WQL. The results of the WQL query MUST be rendered as described in the WS-Management CIM Binding specification for CQL, as specified in [DMTF-DSP0227] section 7.1. <34><35>

The WS-Management CIM Binding specification defines the Association Queries language, as specified in [DMTF-DSP0227] section 7.2.

The Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Vista service MUST process the request if it is targeted to a ResourceURI for a CIM resource and contains the Filter element with a Dialect identifying Association Query: http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wsman/1/cimbinding/associationFilter. The results of the Association Query MUST be rendered as described in the WS-Management CIM Binding specification for Association Query, as specified in [DMTF-DSP0227] section 7.2.

The WS-Management CIM Binding specification (as specified in [DMTF-DSP0227]) defines the wsmb:Expression element to correlate response elements with portions of the select-clause. <36>

The Web Services Management Protocol Extensions for Windows Vista service MUST fault if the enumerate request contains the Filter element for any ResourceURI that is not for a CIM or WMI resource.