Capability (UPDM - NAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Capability:
From an Architectural Description or Service Description: right-click the Architectural Description or Service Description, point to New, point to NAF, point to Capability, and then click Capability
From a Capability: right-click the Capability, point to New, point to NAF, and then click Capability
Appearance
When shown on an NCV-4 Capability Dependencies, a Capability appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Capability:
Generalization relationships to define inheritance ( NCV-2 Capability Taxonomy).
Exhibits relationships link a Capability to elements that exhibit that Capability.
Expose relationships link a Capability to Service Interface elements that are exposed by that Capability.
Forecast relationships link a Capability to forecasted future Capability elements.
Maps To Capability relationships link a Capability to Function, Operational Activity, Standard Operational Activity and Project Activity elements that map to that Capability.
The following sections provide information about how a Capability is used in the model.
Create a Capability from
Create from a Capability
In addition to the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements ( Alias, Definition, Information and Metadata):
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:
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Capability tab of a Capability element's Property Pages:
isEncapsulated
URI