Entity attribute (UPDM - NAF aliases)
Creation
To create an Entity Attribute:
• From an Entity Item: right-click the Entity Item, point to New, point to NAF, and then click Entity Attribute.
On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type for the Entity Attribute, or create an untyped Entity Attribute.
• From an NOV-7 Information Model or NSV-11 System Data Model, click the Entity Attribute button, and then click the owning Entity Item on the diagram.
Entity Attribute button, and then click the owning Entity Item on the diagram.On the Select Type dialog, create or select the element that is the type for the Entity Attribute, or create an untyped Entity Attribute.
The type of an Entity Attribute can be a Climate, Condition, Entity Item, Environment, Geo Political Extent Type, Light Condition, Location Type, Measurement Set, Physical Location or Security Attributes Group.
Appearance
When shown on an NOV-7 Information Model or NSV-11 System Data Model, an Entity Attribute appears as follows:
Relationships
There are no relationships that are of significant importance to an Entity Attribute.
The following sections provide information about how an Entity Attribute is used in the model.
Create an Entity Attribute from
Create from an Entity Attribute
Only 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:
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Entity Attribute tab of an Entity Attribute element's Property Pages:
• URI