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Version & Date

3.1

See NAF:NAF Release History.

Definition

A specification of a way to present an aspect of the architecture. Views are defined with one or more purposes in mind - e.g. showing the logical topology of the enterprise, describing a process model, defining a data model, etc.

Covered by NATO release conditions.

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Revision History

• 3.0 changes definition to mean specification

Comments

Inconsistent - someone has copied the definition of MODAF::View which is completely different (more closely related to NAF::Subview)

NATO Architecture Framework. Version 3. CHAPTER 7 , 7.2.1 General Terminology defined a view as:

A set of subviews grouped by purpose.

but later on under 7.2.3 NAF Metamodel Terminology defines view as:

A specification of a way to present an aspect of the architecture. Views are defined with one or more purposes in mind - e.g. showing the logical topology of the enterprise, describing a process model, defining a data model, etc.

so it is both the collection and the individual specification .....

The NAF 3.1 documentation now has both View = a collection of views and View = a specification at various places in Chapter 5. Not clear what the product that responds to the specification is called.

As a grouping construct the NAF:View is similar to MODAF Viewpoint and TRAK Perspective.

As a specification construct the NAF:View is similar to MODAF View and TRAK Viewpoint. The term used by ISO/IEC 42010 is Viewpoint.

Other Frameworks

See also:

• MODAF:Viewpoint
• TRAK:Perspective

References

• Section 4.2.1 (page 177 of pdf) of APPENDIX 1 TO ANNEX 1 TO AC/322-D(2007)0048. NATO Architecture Framework Version 3.
• NATO Architecture Framework. Version 3. CHAPTER 7 Architecture Definitions, Terminology and Ontology

 

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