Operational exchange (UPDM - MODAF aliases)
Creation
To create an Operational Exchange as a link that is not realized by any elements:
• From an OV-2 Operational Node Definition: click the Operational Exchange Link button, click the source Node or Security Domain, and then click the destination Node or Security Domain.
Operational Exchange Link button, click the source Node or Security Domain, and then click the destination Node or Security Domain.On the Select Conveyed Classifier dialog, create or select the element that is the Operational Exchange element's conveyed classifier.
To create an Operational Exchange that is realized by a Needline:
• From an OV-2 Operational Node Relationship Description: click the Operational Exchange button, and then click the Needline. The source and destination elements of the Needline must be either a Node Role or Problem Domain.
Operational Exchange button, and then click the Needline. The source and destination elements of the Needline must be either a Node Role or Problem Domain.On the Select Conveyed Classifier dialog, create or select the Operational Exchange element's conveyed classifier. From the context menu, click the command for the destination element.
To create an Operational Exchange that is realized by an Operational Activity Edge (Control Flow) or Operational Activity Edge (Object Flow):
• From an OV-5 Operational Activity Model: click the Operational Exchange button, and then click the Operational Activity Edge (Control Flow) or Operational Activity Edge (Object Flow).from the dialogs that appear, select the conveyed classifier, the source Node or Security Domain, and then click the destination Node or Security Domain.
Operational Exchange button, and then click the Operational Activity Edge (Control Flow) or Operational Activity Edge (Object Flow).from the dialogs that appear, select the conveyed classifier, the source Node or Security Domain, and then click the destination Node or Security Domain.The conveyed classifier of an Operational Exchange 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 element.
Realizing Elements
An Operational Exchange can be realized by many Needline, Operational Activity Edge (Control Flow) and Operational Activity Edge (Object Flow) elements.
To define that an Operational Exchange is realized by an element:
• Drag the Operational Exchange from a Modeler pane to the Needline, Operational Activity Edge (Control Flow) or Operational Activity Edge (Object Flow) on a diagram.
• Drag the Operational Exchange element's conveyed classifier from a Modeler pane to the Needline, Operational Activity Edge (Control Flow) or Operational Activity Edge (Object Flow) on a diagram. On the Select Operational Exchange dialog, select the Operational Exchange.
• Right-click the Needline, Operational Activity Edge (Control Flow) or Operational Activity Edge (Object Flow), point to Links, point to Realized, and then click Operational Exchange. From the dialog, select the Operational Exchange elements that realize the element you right-clicked.
If you right-click the Needline, Operational Activity Edge (Control Flow) or Operational Activity Edge (Object Flow) on a diagram, the Operational Exchange elements that you select are added to the diagram.
You can view which elements realize an Operational Exchange on the Items tab of its Property Pages. In the Show Associated list, select Realization. Do not define realized elements through the Items tab.
When an Operational Exchange is realized by an element, you can change the source and target elements of the Operational Exchange to those of the realized element: on a diagram that shows the Operational Exchange on the realized Needline, Operational Activity Edge (Control Flow) or Operational Activity Edge (Object Flow), right-click the Control, and then click Set Ends to Realizing Link Ends.
Appearance
When shown on an OV-2 Operational Node Definition, an Operational Exchange Link appears as follows:
When shown on an OV-2 Operational Node Relationship Description or OV-5 Operational Activity Model, an Operational Exchange realization appears as follows:
An OV-3 Operational Information Exchange Matrix is useful for viewing information about Operational Exchange relationships in a table.
Relationships
There are no relationships that are of significant importance to an Operational Exchange.
The following sections provide information about how an Operational Exchange is used in the model.
Create an Operational Exchange from
Create from an Operational Exchange
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 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 Operational Exchange tab of an Operational Exchange element's Property Pages:
• identifier
• URI