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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 toolbar 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
Architectural Description
UML Model
UML Package
Service Description
NSOV-1 Service Taxonomy
NSOV-2 Service Definition
NSOV-3 Capability to Service Definition
NSOV-5 Service Functionality
Create from a Service Description
In addition to the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements ( Alias, Definition, Information and Metadata):
Actual Location
Actual Organization
Actual Person
Actual Post
Actual Project
Actual Project Milestone
Actual Property Set
NPV-1 Acquisition Clusters
NPV-2 Project Activity Hierarchy
NPV-2 Programme Timelines
NPV-3 Project Type Definition
NPV-3 Actual Project Definition
Architectural Description
Architecture Metadata
Asynchronous Message
NAV-1 Overview and Summary Information
NAV-2 Integrated Dictionary
NAV-3 Measurement Definition
NAV-3 Actual Measurement Definition
NAV-4 Environmental Model
NAV-5 Capable Performer Matrix
Capability
Capability Configuration
Climate
Competence
Condition
Deployed Milestone
Enduring Task
Energy
Enterprise Goal
Enterprise Phase
Enterprise Vision
Environment
Exchange Element
External Individual
External Tuple
External Tuple Type
External Type
Fielded Capability
Forecast Span
Function
Functional Standard
Geo Political Extent
Geo Political Extent Type
High Level Operational Concept
Increment Milestone
Light Condition
Location Type
Logical Architecture
Logical Data Model
Materiel
Measurement Set
Mission
Mission Actor
Mission Use Case
No Longer Used Milestone
Node
Operational Activity
Operational Constraint
Organization
Out Of Service Milestone
NOV-1b Operational Concept Description
NOV-1c Operational Performance Attributes
NOV-1d Mission Definition
NOV-2 Operational Node Definition
NOV-3 Operational Information Exchange Matrix
NOV-4 Typical Organizational Relationships Chart
NOV-4 Actual Organizational Relationships Chart
NOV-4 Post Fulfillment Table
NOV-5 Operational Activity Hierarchy
NOV-6a Operational Rules Model
Person
Physical Architecture
Physical Data Model
Physical Location
Post
Project Activity
Project Milestone
Project Type
Protocol
Resource Artifact
Resource Constraint
Responsibility
Security Attributes Group
Security Domain
Service Access
Service Description
Service Function
Service Interface
Service Level Value Set
Service Policy
Software
NSOV-1 Service Taxonomy
NSOV-2 Service Definition
NSOV-3 Capability to Service Definition
NSOV-3 Capability to Service Mapping
NSOV-4a Service Constraints
NSOV-5 Service Functionality
Standard
Standard Operational Activity
Status Indicators
Stereotype Extension
NCV-1 Enterprise Vision
NCV-2 Capability Taxonomy
NCV-3 Capability Phasing
NCV-5 Capability to Organisation Deployment Mapping
NCV-6 Operational Activity to Capability Mapping
NSV-1 Resource Specification
NSV-3 Resource Interaction Matrix
NSV-4 Functionality Hierarchy
NSV-5 Function to Operational Activity/Service Function Definition
NSV-6 Systems Data Exchange Matrix
NSV-7 System Quality Requirements Description
NSV-8 Systems Evolution Description
NSV-9 Technology and Skills Forecast Definition
NSV-9 Technology and Skills Forecast Table
NSV-10a Resource Constraints Specification
NSV-12 Service Provision
Technical Standard
NTV-1 Standards Profile
NTV-2 Standards Definition
NTV-2 Standards Forecast Table
Vision Statement
Whole Life Configuration
Whole Life Enterprise
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:
NSOV-1 Service Taxonomy
NSOV-2 Service Definition
NSOV-3 Capability to Service Definition
NSOV-5 Service Functionality
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
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