Service interface (UPDM - NAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Service Interface:
• From an Architectural Description or Service Description: right-click the Architectural Description or Service Description, point to New, point to NAF, point to Service, and then click Service Interface.
• From a Service Interface: right-click the Service Interface, point to New, point to NAF, and then click Service Interface.
• From an NSOV-1 Service Taxonomy, NSOV-2 Service Definition, NSOV-3 Capability to Service Definition or NSOV-5 Service Functionality: click the Service Interface button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Service Interface button, and then click in free space on the diagram.Appearance
When shown on an NSOV-1 Service Taxonomy, NSOV-2 Service Definition, NSOV-3 Capability to Service Definition or NSOV-5 Service Functionality, a Service Interface appears as follows:
On an NSOV-2 Service Definition, create Provided Interfaces and Required Interfaces for Service Interface elements.
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Service Interface:
• UML Generalization relationships define inheritance between Service Interface elements.
• Expose relationships link a Service Interface to Capability elements that are exposed by the Service Interface.
• Is Capable Of Performing relationships link a Service Interface to Service Function elements that the Service Interface can perform.
• Service Policy elements can be applied to a Service Interface.
The following sections provide information about how a Service Interface is used in the model.
Create a Service Interface from
Create from a Service Interface
In addition to the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements (Alias, Definition, Information and Metadata):
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices
In addition to the NAV-2 Integrated Dictionary and NTV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements:
NSV-12 Service Provision (shows using system resource elements)UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Service Interface tab of a Service Interface element's Property Pages:
• URI