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External type (UPDM - DoDAF aliases)
Creation
To create an External Type:
• From an Architectural Description or Service Description: right-click the Architectural Description or Service Description, point to New, point to DoDAF, point to All, and then click External Type.
Appearance
An External Type does not appear on any diagrams.
Relationships
There are no relationships that are of significant importance to an External Type.
The following sections provide information about how an External Type is used in the model.
Create an External Type from
• Architectural Description
• Service Description
Create from an External Type
Only the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements ( Representation, Definition, Information, and Metadata).
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices
Only the AV-2 Integrated Dictionary and StdV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements.
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the External Type tab of an External Type element's Property Pages:
• isEncapsulated
• URI
• url