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Entity attribute (UPDM - DoDAF aliases)
Creation
To create an Entity Attribute:
• From an Entity Item: right-click the Entity Item, point to New, point to DoDAF, 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 a DIV-2 Information Model or DIV-3 Physical Data Model, click the Entity Attribute toolbar 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, Measure Type, Physical Location or Security Attributes Group.
Appearance
When shown on a DIV-2 Information Model or DIV-3 Physical 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
• DIV-2 Information Model
• DIV-3 Physical Data Model
• Entity Item
Create from an Entity Attribute
Only the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements ( Representation, Definition, Information, and Metadata).
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:
• DIV-2 Information Model
• DIV-3 Physical Data Model
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Entity Attribute tab of an Entity Attribute element's Property Pages:
• URI