"The relationships between Assets (or EndDeviceAssets in CIM) and Resources in the IRC Information Model presents a slightly more complete picture of this relationship. The IRC model (borrowing concepts from CIM) describes an EndDeviceAsset, DistributedStorageAsset, and DistributedGeneratorAsset (all types of Assets) as being part a Resource either directly or via an EndDeviceGroup. In either case, the Resource is related to a specific ServiceDeliveryPoint, which in rutn is related to a ServiceLocation. In the model, the Asset is then related to EndDeviceControls which define the ""controllable"" aspects of the Assets that belong to a Resource which is ennrolled in a Program.

Assets are then not under the control of a Resource, but rather expose ""controllable"" attributes to a Resource and its corresponding enrollment in a program that are specific to a ServiceDeliveryPoing, ServiceLocation (and other geographical constructs such as Zones)."