AV-3 Measurement definition (UPDM - DoDAF aliases)
Creation
To create an AV-3 Measurement Definition:
• Right-click the
Architectural Description or
Service Description that is to own the AV-3 Measurement Definition, point to New, point to Diagram, point to DoDAF, and then click AV-3 Measurement Definition.
Purpose
On an AV-3 Measurement Definition:
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:
Architectural Description
To create an Architectural Description: click the 
Architectural Description button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
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.
Architectural Reference
To create an Architectural Reference: click the 
Architectural Reference button, click the source Architectural Description, and then click the destination Architectural Description.
Architectural Reference button, click the source Architectural Description, and then click the destination Architectural Description.Architecture Metadata
To create an Architecture Metadata: click the 
Architecture Metadata button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
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.
Note Link button, click the Architecture Metadata, and then click the Architectural Description to which the Architecture Metadata applies.Measurement
To create a Measurement: click the 
Measurement button, and then click the owning Measure Type. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the type of the Measurement, or create an untyped Measurement.
Measurement button, and then click the owning Measure Type. On the Select Type dialog, create or select the type of the Measurement, or create an untyped Measurement.Measure Type
To create a Measure Type: click the 
Measure Type button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Measure Type button, and then click in free space on the diagram.Create Measurement elements for the Measure Type through the Measurement button.
Measurement button.Create Property elements for the Measure Type through the 
Property button.
Property button.Property
To create a Property: click the Property button, and then click the owning Measure Type or Security Attributes Group.
Property button, and then click the owning Measure Type or Security Attributes Group.Security Attributes Group
To create a Security Attributes Group: click the 
Security Attributes Group button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Security Attributes Group button, and then click in free space on the diagram.Create Property elements for the Security Attributes Group element through the Property button.
Property button.The following sections provide information about how an AV-3 Measurement Definition is used in the model.
Create an AV-3 Measurement Definition from
Creates or shows these UPDM elements
In addition to the common UPDM elements that can be shown on all Product diagrams (
Representation,
Definition,
Information,
Metadata,
Overlap and
Same As elements):