1. A method of obtaining data requested by a management application from a computing system in which a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) system is resident together with an object-oriented database, said DMI for managing hardware and software components, said DMI providing for component instrumentation to obtain data from components without searching said object-oriented database, said method comprising the steps of: providing a management interface within said DMI to receive a request for data from said management application; providing a service layer within said DMI to issue a DMI function call to address said object-oriented database with said request; providing tracking agent instrumentation for obtaining data needed for a particular request; providing a designation of said tracking agent instrumentation in said object-oriented database so that said request is returned to said service layer for passing the particular request to said tracking agent instrumentation; providing a component interface within said DMI to pass said request to said tracking agent instrumentation as though it were component instrumentation and to receive data developed by said database instrumentation; and providing said management interface within said DMI for passing said data developed by said tracking agent instrumentation to said management application.