Node port (UPDM - MODAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Node Port:
• From a Node or Security Domain: right-click the element, point to New, point to MODAF, and then click Node Port.
On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Node Port, or create an untyped Node Port. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Node Port.
• From an OV-2 Operational Node Definition: click the Node Port button, and then click the owning Node or Security Domain.
Node Port button, and then click the owning Node or Security Domain.On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Node Port, or create an untyped Node Port. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Node Port.
◦ Click the Node Port button, and then click the Node, Node Role, Problem Domain, Security Domain or element that is to own the Node Port. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Node Port, or create an untyped Node Port. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Node Port.
Node Port button, and then click the Node, Node Role, Problem Domain, Security Domain or element that is to own the Node Port. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type of the Node Port, or create an untyped Node Port. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Node Port.If the owner of the OV-2 Operational Node Relationship Description is not shown on the diagram, create a Node Port on the diagram owner by clicking in free space.
◦ From an appropriate Modeler pane, locate the element that you want to use as the type of the Node Port, and then drag that element to the owning Node, Node Role, Problem Domain or Security Domain element on the diagram. If a dialog is displayed, select Node Port, and then click OK. From the Direction dialog, select the direction of the Node Port.
If the owner of the OV-2 Operational Node Relationship Description is not shown on the diagram, create a Node Port on the diagram owner by dragging the type to free space.
Note that when you create a Node Port on a Node Role or Problem Domain, the Node Port is created on the type of the Node Role or Problem Domain.
The type of a Node Port can be a Capability Configuration, Energy, Exchange Element, Geo Political Extent Type, Logical Architecture, Node, Organization, Physical Architecture, Post, Resource Artifact, Role Type, Security Domain, Service Access or Software.
After creating a Node Port you can set its direction, behavior, conjugation, multiplicity, read-only status and type: right-click the Node Port, point to Set, and then click the required command.
Appearance
When shown on an OV-2 Operational Node Definition, a Node Port appears as follows:
When shown on an OV-2 Operational Node Relationship Description, a Node Port appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Node Port:
• Needline relationships link a Node Port to Known Resource, Node Port, Node Role, and Problem Domain elements.
The following sections provide information about how a Node Port is used in the model.
Create a Node Port from
Create from a Node Port
Only the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements (Alias, Definition, Definition and Metadata).
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices
In addition to the AV-2 Integrated Dictionary and TV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements:
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Node Port tab of a Node Port element's Property Pages:
• URI