Specify the Drive Management Protocol (DMP) used between two software components of the Media Management System (MMS): the central management core and a program that manages a drive which is used to access removable media. To enable industry to reference and use a standard Media Management System component which defines the drive management application-layer protocol in terms of a language. New IEEE Standard - Inactive-Withdrawn. Version 1.0 of the Drive Management Protocol (DMP) is specified.