DoD Architecture Framework Version 1.0, Volume 2 - AcqNotes.com

Taxonomies relate two instances, often hierarchically (tree diagram); they may be viewedas a set of folders and subfolders. The CADM supports one or more taxonomies through the useof a double associative relationship such as the one shown in Figure 3-4 between DATA-DICTIONARY-ELEMENT and DATA-DICTIONARY-ELEMENT-ASSOCIATION. The latter entityidentifies all the elements at one level below a specific DATA-DICTIONARY-ELEMENT. Thefollowing identifies the CADM structures used to support the taxonomy requirements notedabove:• Operational Nodes:− ORGANIZATION-ASSOCIATION and ORGANIZATION-TYPE-ASSOCIATION (for various kinds of operational elements)− NODE-ASSOCIATION (for specific nodes, each of which represents anoperational unit, command post, command post cell, operationalfacility, command element, etc.)• System and Other Physical Nodes:− NODE-ASSOCIATION (for specific nodes, each of which represents aplatform, system, etc.)−MILITARY-PLATFORM-ASSOCIATION−FACILITY-ASSOCIATION− ORGANIZATION-ASSOCIATION (each organizational unit is assigned aunique ORGANIZATION IDENTIFIER)− NODE-ASSOCIATION (when NODE denotes specific location)− FEATURE-ASSOCIATION (when NODE denotes specific a geospatialfeature)• Systems:− SYSTEM-TYPE-ASSOCIATION (among general classes)−−SYSTEM-ASSOCIATION (among versions of a SYSTEM)NODE-SYSTEM -ASSOCIATION (among instances of NODE-SYSTEM, eachspecifying a SYSTEM at a specific NODE)• Operational (Process) Activities and Tasks:− For two instances of PROCESS-ACTIVITY: PROCESS-ACTIVITY-ASSOCIATION−For TASK (e.g., in UJTL): TASK-ASSOCIATION (in the GlobalInformation Grid [GIG] and the Department of the Navy IntegratedArchitecture Database [DIAD]), each TASK corresponds to a uniquePROCESS-ACTIVITY using PROCESS-ACTIVITY-TASK−−For ACTION: ACTION-ASSOCIATIONFor ACTIVITY-MODEL: ACTIVITY-MODEL-PROCESS-ACTIVITY-ASSOCIATION (e.g., for IDEF0 node trees)3-14