View NAF:Physical Asset
Version & Date
See NAF.
Definition
Part of the NATO System View.
From p 440 of APPENDIX 5:
A <<Resource>> that can host systems and/or people.
Note 1: synonyms for <<PhysicalAsset>>; would be ‘platform’,‘facility’, or ‘host’. This is the original intent for the ‘SystemsNode’ concept in DoDAF.
Note 2: A <<PhysicalAsset>> can contribute to a <<CapabilityConfiguration>>, and is usually configured for that purpose. It may be that a given platform can be configured and manned in many different ways to achieve different capabilities. In these cases, a class should be created for the <<PhysicalAsset>> in general, and this should be abstract. The variants of the asset should be created as concrete classes, specialising from the abstract class.
Covered by NATO release conditions.
Comments
References
p 440 of APPENDIX 5 TO ANNEX 1 TO AC/322-D(2007)0048. NATO Architecture Framework v3, CHAPTER 5
Other Frameworks
See:
MODAF::Physical Asset
TRAK::Physical
Category:Stereotype
Category:Defence