Submachine state (service) (UPDM - DoDAF aliases)
A Submachine State (Service) is a proprietary element that decomposes a State Description (Service).
Creation
To create a Submachine State (Service):
On the Select Type dialog, create or select the State Description (Service) element that is the submachine of the Submachine State (Service).
◦ Click the
![](../../Integrity_Modeler/images/di-service-submachine-state_7.gif)
Submachine State (Service) button, and then click in free space on the diagram. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the
State Description (Service) element that is the submachine of the Submachine State (Service).
◦ From an appropriate Modeler pane, locate the
State Description (Service) element that you want to use as the submachine of the Submachine State (Service), and then drag that State Description (Service) to free space on the diagram.
Appearance
When shown on an
SOV-4b Service State Model, a Submachine State (Service) appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Submachine State (Service):
• UML Transitions link a Submachine State (Service) to other State Diagram elements (SOV-4b Service State Model).
The following sections provide information about how a Submachine State (Service) is used in the model.
Create a Submachine State (Service) from
Create from a Submachine State (Service)
Only the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements (
Representation,
Definition,
Information, and
Metadata).
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices
In addition to the
AV-2 Integrated Dictionary and
StdV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements:
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Submachine State (Service) tab of a Submachine State (Service) element's Property Pages:
• URI