Template:— recommended_documentation (rec_doct)
Context:— UK_Defence
Date: 2009/04/17 11:15:01
Revision: 1.6

This section specifies the template recommended_documentation.

NOTE  The template has been defined in the context of UK_Defence. Refer to the business context for details of related templates.

NOTE  An explanation of a template and the associated instantiation path is provided in the Template overview section.

Description

This template describes how to represent the recommended documentation required, over a defined period of time, to support the Platform, system and equipment for which the associated Support Solution Definition was developed.

Business perspective

The recommended_documentation business object is used by those UK_Defence Data Exchange Specifications that require information about the recommended documentation required, over a defined period of time, to support the Platform, system and equipment for which the associated Support Solution Definition was developed

Business object definition


Figure 1 —  Graphical Representation for Business Object Recommended Documentation

Figure 1 —  Graphical Representation for Business Object Recommended Documentation

Recommended Documentation:

The definition of an Recommended Documentation object is: Data about the recommended documentation required, over a defined period of time, to support the Platform, system and equipment for which the associated Support Solution Definition was developed.

Attribute name

Attribute description

Attribute type

Optionality

Assumptions This is a reference to the assumptions on which the documentation recommendations are based. Relationship to Assumption Optional (0:?)
Constraints This is a reference to the constraints on which the documentation recommendations are based. Relationship to Constraint Optional (0:?)
Documentation This is a reference to the documents that are recommended for the support of the Platform, system and equipment. Relationship to Recommended Document Mandatory (1:?)
ID This is the identifier of the documentation recommendations. Identifier Mandatory
Identifier.id This is the value of the id attribute of the Identifier applied to the documentation recommendations. intrinsic Mandatory
Identifier.type This attribute is the type associated with the id of the Identifier given to the documentation recommendations. Recommended_documentation_id_code Mandatory
Identifier.source_organization This attribute is the value representing the source organization that provides the id of the Identifier given to the documentation recommendations. This value is assumed to be a type of Organization_identification_code. Organization_identification_code Mandatory
Name This is the name of the documentation recommendations Identifier Mandatory
Related support solution This is the reference to the support solution for which the recommended documentation has been derived. Relationship to Support Solution Definition Mandatory
Time period This is the time period for which the documentation recommendations are made. Intrinsic Mandatory
Version This is the version of the documentation recommendations. Intrinsic Mandatory

Table 1 — Recommended Documentationattribute details

Model diagrams
The EXPRESS-G diagram in Figure 2 shows the templates and EXPRESS entities that are required to represent the template "recommended_documentation". The text highlighted in blue shows the template parameters.


Figure 2 —  An EXPRESS-G representation of the Information model for recommended_documentation

Figure 2 —  An EXPRESS-G representation of the Information model for recommended_documentation

The graphic for the template to be used in other EXPRESS-G diagrams is shown in Figure  3 below.


Figure 3 —  The graphical representation of the recommended_documentation template

Figure 3 —  The graphical representation of the recommended_documentation template

Input parameters
The following input parameters are defined for this template:
assumptions (Type= 'ENTITY (Document_version)' , Optional)
This is a reference to the assumptions on which the documentation recommendations are based.
constraints (Type= 'ENTITY (Requirement_view_definition)' , Optional)
This is a reference to the constraints on which the documentation recommendations are based.
documentation (Type= 'ENTITY (Required_resource)' )
This is a reference to the documents that are recommended for the support of the Platform, system and equipment.
id (Type='STRING')
This is the identifier of the documentation recommendations.
source_organization (Type='STRING')
The organization that created the associated identifier. Additionally a Person or Information System could be defined when either of these are the source; see Identifier template.
name (Type='STRING')
This is the name of the documentation recommendations.
related_support_solution (Type= 'ENTITY (Document_version)' )
This is the reference to the support solution for which the recommended documentation has been derived.
time_period (Type= 'TYPE (any_number_value)' )
This is the time period for which the documentation recommendations are made.
time_period_unit (Type='CLASS')
The units that the time period is in.
The following classes and their sub-classes can be used:
classifications: "Time_unit" (urn:plcs:rdl:std:Time_unit), "Context_dependent_unit" (urn:plcs:rdl:std:Context_dependent_unit)
version (Type='STRING')
This is the version of the documentation recommendations.
Reference parameters
The following reference parameters are defined for this template:
doc_req_res_spec(Type='ENTITY (Required_resource_by_specification)')
Allow the Required_resource_by_specification entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.
Note: The Required_resource_by_specification entity can be referenced in a template path by:
%^target = $recommended_documentation.doc_req_res_spec%
where target is the parameter to which the Required_resource_by_specification is bound.
Uniqueness constraints
Instantiation path
The instantiation path shown below specifies the entities that are to be instantiated by the template.
A description of templates and the syntax for the instantiation path is provided in the Templates Help/Information section.
-- required resource
Required_resource_by_specification
%^doc_req_res_spec = Required_resource_by_specification%

-- assign a quantity to the recommended document and classify it
/assigning_resource_property(
    property_class_name='Estimated_time',
    property_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    described_element=^doc_req_res_spec)/
%^property_time_period = $assigning_resource_property.property%

-- assign a value and unit to the recommendation property
/resource_property_numeric(
    value=@time_period,
    unit=@time_period_unit,
    unit_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    si_unit='false',
    context='Numerical_representation_context',
    context_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    property=^property_time_period)/

-- [optional 0:? assumptions]
/assigning_document(
    doc_ass_role='Related_assumption',
    doc_ar_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    assigned_document=@assumptions,
    is_assigned_to=^doc_req_res_spec)/

-- [optional 0:? constraints]
Requirement_assignment
Requirement_assignment.assigned_requirement -> @constraints
Requirement_assignment.assigned_to -> ^doc_req_res_spec

-- related support solution
/assigning_document(
    doc_ass_role='Related_support_solution_definition',
    doc_ar_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    assigned_document=@related_support_solution,
    is_assigned_to=^doc_req_res_spec)/

-- documentation 1:?
/representing_required_resource_relationship(
    req_res_rel_class_name='Related_recommended_document',
    req_res_rel_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    relating_req_res=^doc_req_res_spec,
    related_req_res=@documentation)/

-- provide the role of the required_resource
/assigning_reference_data(
    items=^doc_req_res_spec,
    class_name='recommended',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence')/

-- ID (mandatory)
/identifier(
    ID=@id,
    source_organization=@source_organization,
    type='Recommended_documentation_id_code',
    items=^doc_req_res_spec)/

-- name
/identifier(
    ID=@name,
    source_organization=@source_organization,
    type='Recommended_documentation_name',
    items=^doc_req_res_spec)/

-- version
/assigning_descriptor(
    descr=@version,
    class_name='Recommended_documentation_version',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=^doc_req_res_spec)/
Instance diagrams
The instance diagram in Figure  4 shows an example of the EXPRESS entities and templates that are instantiated by the template:
/recommended_documentation(assumptions='@320', constraints='@100', documentation='@397', ID='rdd123', source_organization='UK_Defence', name='rdd123 name', related_support_solution='@483', time_period='ANY_NUMBER_VALUE(200)', time_period_unit='Man_hour', version='v01')/
(an illustration of the consolidated recommended_documentation template is shown in Figure 5 below.)


Figure 4 —  Entities instantiated by recommended_documentation template

Figure 4 —  Entities instantiated by recommended_documentation template

The instance diagram in Figure 5 shows the graphic symbol for the template that is to be used in other instance diagrams. The example template is:
/recommended_documentation(assumptions='@320', constraints='@100', documentation='@397', ID='rdd123', source_organization='UK_Defence', name='rdd123 name', related_support_solution='@483', time_period='ANY_NUMBER_VALUE(200)', time_period_unit='Man_hour', version='v01')/


Figure 5 —  Instantiation of recommended_documentation template

Figure 5 —  Instantiation of recommended_documentation template

Characterizations
No common characterizations of the template recommended_documentation have been identified. However, the ISO 10303-239 EXPRESS model may enable other assignments to the entities instantiated by the template.

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