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Skill (UPDM - DoDAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Skill:
◦ From an Architectural Description or Service Description: right-click the Architectural Description or Service Description, point to New, point to DoDAF, point to Operational, and then click Skill.
◦ From an OV-4 Typical Organizational Relationships Chart or SV-9 Systems Technology and Skills Forecast Definition: click the Skill toolbar button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Appearance
When shown on an OV-4 Typical Organizational Relationships Chart or SV-9 Systems Technology and Skills Forecast Definition, a Skill appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Skill:
◦ Forecast relationships link a Skill to forecasted future Skill elements.
◦ Required Skill and Typical Skill Of Person Role Type relationships link a Skill to the elements that require or provide that Skill.
The following sections provide information about how a Skill is used in the model.
Create a Skill from
◦ Architectural Description
◦ OV-4 Typical Organizational Relationships Chart
◦ Service Description
◦ SV-9 Systems Technology and Skills Forecast Definition
Create from a Skill
In addition to the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements ( Representation, Definition, Information, and Metadata):
◦ Property
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices
In addition to the AV-2 Integrated Dictionary and StdV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements:
◦ OV-4 Typical Organizational Relationships Chart
◦ SV-9 Systems Technology and Skills Forecast Definition
◦ SV-9 Systems Technology and Skills Forecast Table
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Skill tab of a Skill element's Property Pages:
◦ URI