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Service interface (UPDM - DoDAF 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 DoDAF, point to Service, and then click Service Interface.
• From a Service Interface: right-click the Service Interface, point to New, point to DoDAF, and then click Service Interface.
• From an SOV-1 Service Taxonomy, SOV-2 Service Interface Specification, SOV-3 Capability to Service Definition or SOV-5 Service Functionality: click the Service Interface button, and then click in free space on the diagram.
Appearance
When shown on an SOV-1 Service Taxonomy, SOV-2 Service Interface Specification, SOV-3 Capability to Service Definition or SOV-5 Service Functionality, a Service Interface appears as follows:
On an SOV-2 Service Interface Specification, 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.
• Activity Performed by Performer relationships link a Service Interface to Activity (Service) elements that the Service Interface can perform.
• Service Policy elements can be applied to a Service Interface.
• Used as a type for Service Port (Requires), Service Port (Provides) and Service Role elements.
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 (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:
• SOV-5 Service Functionality (shows applied Service Policy elements)
• SV-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
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