TV-2 Standards definition (UPDM - MODAF aliases)
Creation
To create a TV-2 Standards Definition:
Right-click the Architectural Description or Service Description that is to own the TV-2 Standards Definition, point to New, point to Diagram, point to MODAF, and then click TV-2 Standards Definition.
Purpose
On a TV-2 Standards Definition:
Create Forecast Span elements and child Forecast Span Literal elements.
Create Protocol elements and child Protocol Layer elements.
Create Forecast relationships.
Diagram Elements
For information about showing compartments on diagram symbols, setting up default view options and adding existing elements to the diagram, see the following topics:
For information about the creation and appearance of elements that can be shown on all Product diagrams (Alias, Definition, Information, Metadata, Overlap and Same As elements), click here .
To create an Architectural Description: click the Architectural Description button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
To populate elements from an Architectural Description: add the Architectural Description to the diagram, and then populate those elements from the Architectural Description.
To create an Architectural Reference: click the Architectural Reference button, click the source Architectural Description, and then click the destination Architectural Description.
To create an Architecture Metadata: click the Architecture Metadata button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Define the text of the Architecture Metadata through its Full Text property.
To apply an Architecture Metadata to an Architectural Description: click the Note Link button, click the Architecture Metadata, and then click the Architectural Description to which the Architecture Metadata applies.
To create a Forecast: click the Forecast button, click the source element, and then click the destination element.
The source and destination elements must be the same type and they can be as follows: Functional Standard, Protocol, Standard or Technical Standard elements.
To create a Forecast Span: click the Forecast Span button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
After creating a Forecast Span, you can create Forecast Span Literal elements for that Forecast Span.
To create a Forecast Span Literal: click the Forecast Span Literal button, and then click the owning Forecast Span.
To hide Forecast Span Literal elements shown on the Forecast Span: through the View Options of the owning Forecast Span, do not show Attributes.
To create a Functional Standard: click the Functional Standard button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Use Forecast relationships to link the Functional Standard to forecasted future Functional Standard elements.
To create a Protocol: click the Protocol button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
After creating a Protocol, you can create Protocol Layer elements for that Forecast Span.
Use Forecast relationships to link the Protocol to forecasted future Protocol elements.
To create a Protocol Layer:
Click the Protocol Layer button, and then click the owning Protocol. From the Select Type dialog, create or select the Protocol element that is the type of the Protocol Layer.
Click the Composite Association button, click the owning Protocol, and then click the Protocol element that is the type of the Protocol Layer.
You can also create Protocol Layer elements through the Association and Uni-Directional Association buttons.
To create a Standard: click the Standard button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Use Forecast relationships to link the Standard to forecasted future Standard elements.
To create a Technical Standard: click the Technical Standard button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Use Forecast relationships to link the Technical Standard to forecasted future Technical Standard elements.
The following sections provide information about how a TV-2 Standards Definition is used in the model.
Create a TV-2 Standards Definition from
Creates or shows these UPDM elements
In addition to the common UPDM elements that can be shown on all Product diagrams ( Alias, Definition, Information, Metadata, Overlap and Same As elements):