Service interface (UPDM - NAF aliases)
Creation
To create a Service Interface:
• 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 Interface.
• From a
Service Interface: right-click the Service Interface, point to New, point to NAF, and then click Service Interface.
Appearance
When shown on an
NSOV-1 Service Taxonomy,
NSOV-2 Service Definition,
NSOV-3 Capability to Service Definition or
NSOV-5 Service Functionality, a Service Interface appears as follows:
On an
NSOV-2 Service Definition, create Provided Interfaces and Required Interfaces for Service Interface elements.
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a Service Interface:
• UML Generalization relationships define inheritance between Service Interface elements.
•
Expose relationships link a Service Interface to
Capability elements that are exposed by the Service Interface.
•
Is Capable Of Performing relationships link a Service Interface to
Service Function elements that the Service Interface can perform.
•
Service Policy elements can be applied to a Service Interface.
The following sections provide information about how a Service Interface is used in the model.
Create a Service Interface from
Create from a Service Interface
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:
NSV-12 Service Provision (shows using system resource elements)UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the Service Interface tab of a Service Interface element's Property Pages:
• URI