System connector (UPDM - DoDAF aliases)
Creation
To create a System Connector:
From an SV-2 Systems Resource Flow Description: click the Shallow System Connector or Shallow Uni-Directional System Connector button, click the source System Port, and then click the destination System Port.
To create a System Connector and connecting System Port elements in one operation:
From an SV-2 Systems Resource Flow Description: click the System Connector Complete button, click the source Resource Role, and then click the destination Resource Role.
On the Select Type dialog, select the type of the System Port elements.
Appearance
When shown on an SV-2 Systems Resource Flow Description, a System Connector appears as follows:
Relationships
The following relationships are of importance to a System Connector:
Create Resource Exchange elements on a System Connector.
A System Connector can realize a Command, Control or Resource Exchange.
Link a System Connector to Protocol elements it implements: right-click the System Connector, point to Links, and then click Implements Protocols.
The following sections provide information about how a System Connector is used in the model.
Create a System Connector from
Create from a System Connector
Only the UPDM elements that can be created from all UPDM elements (Representation, Definition, Information, and Metadata).
Shown on these diagrams, tables and matrices
In addition to the AV-2 Integrated Dictionary and StdV-1 Standards Profile, which can show all UPDM elements:
UPDM writeable properties
The following writeable properties are available on the System Connector tab of a System Connector element's Property Pages:
identifier
URI
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