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Definition (UPDM - NAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Definition:
From an element: right-click the element, point to New, point to NAF, and then click Definition.
From a diagram: click the Definition toolbar button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Specify the text of the Definition through the Full Text property.
To apply a Definition to an element:
From an element: right-click the element, point to Links, point to Applied, and then click Definition. On the Links Editor dialog, select the Definition elements that apply to the element.
From a Definition: right-click the Definition, point to Links, and then click Defined Element. On the Links Editor dialog, select the elements to which the Definition applies.
From a diagram: click the Note Link toolbar button, click the Definition, and then click the required element.
Appearance
When shown on a diagram, a Definition appears as follows:
To populate an element's Definition on a diagram: right-click the element, point to Populate, point to Links, and then click Definition Note Links.
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Definition:
On a diagram, a Note Link applies a Definition to an element.
The following sections provide information about how a Definition is used in the model.
Create a Definition from
All elements.
Create from a Definition
No elements can be created from a Definition.
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:
NPV-2 Project Activity Model
NPV-2 Project Activity Hierarchy
NPV-3 Project Type Definition
NPV-3 Actual Project Definition
NAV-3 Measurement Definition
NAV-3 Actual Measurement Definition
NAV-4 Environmental Model
NOV-1a High-level Operational Concept Graphic
NOV-1d Mission Definition
NOV-2 Operational Node Definition
NOV-2 Operational Node Relationship Description
NOV-4 Typical Organizational Relationships Chart
NOV-4 Actual Organizational Relationships Chart
NOV-5 Operational Activity Model
NOV-5 Operational Activity Hierarchy
NOV-6b Operational State Transition Description
NOV-7 Information Model
NSOV-1 Service Taxonomy
NSOV-2 Service Definition
NSOV-3 Capability to Service Definition
NSOV-4b Service State Model
NSOV-4c Service Interaction Specification
NSOV-5 Service Functionality
NCV-1 Enterprise Vision
NCV-2 Capability Taxonomy
NCV-4 Capability Dependencies
NCV-6 Operational Activity to Capability Mapping
NSV-1 Resource Specification
NSV-1 Resource Interaction Specification
NSV-2 System Communications Description
NSV-4 Functionality Description
NSV-4 Functionality Hierarchy
NSV-5 Function to Operational Activity/Service Function Definition
NSV-9 Technology and Skills Forecast Definition
NSV-10b Resource State Transition Description
NSV-11 System Data Model
NTV-2 Standards Definition
NTV-2 Protocol Layer Definition
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Definition tab of a Definition element's Property Pages:
author
URI