Service description (UPDM - NAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Service Description:
• From the model or a UML Package: right-click the Package, point to New, point to NAF, point to Service, and then click Service Description.
• 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 Description.
• From an NSOV-1 Service Taxonomy, NSOV-2 Service Definition, NSOV-3 Capability to Service Definition or NSOV-5 Service Functionality: click the Service Description button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Service Description 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, NSOV-5 Service Functionality, a Service Description appears as follows:
On a diagram you can populate the contents of a Service Description.
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Service Description:
• Architectural Reference relationships link a Service Description to other Service Description or Architectural Description elements.
The following sections provide information about how a Service Description is used in the model.
Create a Service Description from
UML Model
UML Package
Create from a Service Description
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:
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Service Description tab of a Service Description element's Property Pages:
• architectureFramework
• approvalAuthority
• architect
• assumptionAndConstraint
• creatingOrganization
• dateCompleted
• purpose
• recommendations
• summaryOfFindings
• toolsUsed
• toBe
• URI