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.

This template describes how to represent a support concept which is defined to be the combination of: i. Identification of the contracting strategies to be applied or explored for any aspect of support (e.g. SOM options). ii. Guidance on the lines and levels of maintenance that should be explored or applied to any specific elements of the Platform, System or Equipment (PSE) requiring support. iii. The initial specification of the supportability, cost and readiness metrics that will be used to assess the design of the support solution and the performance of the support system when it becomes operational.

Figure 1 — Graphical Representation for Business Object Support Concept

Support Concept:

The definition of an Support Concept object is: Data about the combination of:

Identification of the contracting strategies to be applied or explored for any aspect of support (e.g. SOM options).
Guidance on the lines and levels of maintenance that should be explored or applied to any specific elements of the Platform, System or Equipment (PSE) requiring support.
The initial specification of the supportability, cost and readiness metrics that will be used to assess the design of the support solution and the performance of the support system when it becomes operational.

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
Description	This is description of the Support concept.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
ID	This is the Identifier of the Support concept.	Identifier	Mandatory
Name	This is name of the Support concept.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Recommended analyses	This is the reference to the documents that define the support analyses that are recommended to be undertaken for this support concept.	Document	Optional [0:?]
Recommended comparator studies	This is the reference to the documents that define the comparator studies that are recommended to be undertaken for this support concept.	Document	Optional [0:?]
Recommended depths of maintenance	This is the reference to depths of maintenance that are recommended for this support concept.	Depth of maintenance	Mandatory [1:?]
Recommended lines of maintenance	This is the reference to lines of maintenance that are recommended for this support concept.	Depth of maintenance	Mandatory [1:?]
Related assumptions	This is the reference to the assumptions from which the support concept has been derived.	Assumption	Optional [0:?]
Related constraints	This is the reference to the constaints imposed upon development of the support concept.	Constraint	Optional [0:?]
Related requirements	This is the reference to the requirements from which the support concept has been derived.	Requirement	Mandatory [1:?]
Related support context	This is the reference to the support context from which the support concept has been derived	Support context	Mandatory
Version	This is the version of the Support concept.	Inrinsic	Mandatory

Table 1 — Support concept attribute details

-- Support concept
/representing_task_simple(
    task_id=@ID,
    task_id_class_name='Support_concept_identification_code',
    task_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    task_org_id=@ID_source_organization,
    task_org_id_class_name='Organization_name_or_identification_code',
    task_org_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    task_ver_id=@Version,
    task_ver_id_class_name='Version_identification_code',
    task_ver_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    task_ver_org_id=@Version_source_organization,
    task_ver_org_id_class_name='Organization_name_or_identification_code',
    task_ver_org_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    task_name=@Name,
    task_name_class_name='Support_concept_name',
    task_name_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    task_name_org_id=@Name_source_organization,
    task_name_org_id_class_name='Organization_identification_code',
    task_name_org_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    task_details= @Description)/
%^support_concept_ver = $representing_task_simple.task_method_version%
%^support_concept = $representing_task_simple.task_method%

-- [optional 0:? Recommended_analyses]
Document_assignment
Document_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'
Document_assignment.assigned_document -> ^support_concept_ver
Document_assignment.is_assigned_to -> @Recommended_analyses

-- [optional 0:? Recommended_comparator_studies]
Document_assignment
Document_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'
Document_assignment.assigned_document -> ^support_concept_ver
Document_assignment.is_assigned_to -> @Recommended_comparator_studies

-- [mandatory 1:? Recommended_depths_of_maintenance]
Classification_assignment
Classification_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'
Classification_assignment.items -> ^support_concept_ver
Classification_assignment.assigned_class -> @Recommended_depths_of_maintenance

-- [mandatory 1:? Recommended_lines_of_maintenance]
Classification_assignment
Classification_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'
Classification_assignment.items -> ^support_concept_ver
Classification_assignment.assigned_class -> @Recommended_lines_of_maintenance

-- [optional 0:? Related_assumptions]
Document_assignment
Document_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'
Document_assignment.assigned_document -> ^support_concept_ver
Document_assignment.is_assigned_to -> @Related_assumptions

-- [optional 0:? Related_constraints]
Requirement_assignment
Requirement_assignment.id = '/IGNORE'
Requirement_assignment.description = '/IGNORE'
Requirement_assignment.assigned_to -> ^support_concept_ver
Requirement_assignment.assigned_requirement -> @Related_constraints

-- [optional 0:? Related_requirements]
Requirement_assignment
Requirement_assignment.id = '/IGNORE'
Requirement_assignment.description = '/IGNORE'
Requirement_assignment.assigned_to -> ^support_concept_ver
Requirement_assignment.assigned_requirement -> @Related_requirements

-- Related_support_context
Activity_method_relationship
Activity_method_relationship.name = '/IGNORE'
Activity_method_relationship.description = '/IGNORE'
Activity_method_relationship.relating_method -> ^support_concept_ver
Activity_method_relationship.related_method -> @Related_support_context

The instance diagram in Figure 4 shows an example of the EXPRESS entities and templates that are instantiated by the template:

/support_concept(Description='Description of support concept', ID='SC01', ID_source_organization='UK_Defence', Name='Support Concept Name', Name_source_organization='UK_Defence', Version='2', Version_source_organization='UK_Defence', Recommended_analyses='@81', Recommended_comparator_studies='@191', Recommended_depths_of_maintenance='@378', Recommended_lines_of_maintenance='@434', Related_assumptions='@301', Related_constraints='@665', Related_requirements='@500', Related_support_context='@885')/

(an illustration of the consolidated support_concept template is shown in Figure 5 below.)

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:

Entity in path	Value	Inherited from
Document_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—
Document_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—
Classification_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—
Classification_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—
Document_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—
Requirement_assignment.id	'/IGNORE'	—
Requirement_assignment.description	'/IGNORE'	—
Requirement_assignment.id	'/IGNORE'	—
Requirement_assignment.description	'/IGNORE'	—
Activity_method_relationship.name	'/IGNORE'	—
Activity_method_relationship.description	'/IGNORE'	—