Template:— support_cost_breakdown (sup_cst_bkdn)
Context:— UK_Defence

Date: 2010/03/17 17:01:37
Revision: 1.5

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This section specifies the template support_cost_breakdown.

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 UK_Defence concept of "Support Cost Breakdown" and its equipment in terms of PLCS model elements (templates, entities, and reference data).

Business perspective

The Support Cost Breakdown business object is used by those UK_Defence Data Exchange Specifications that require information about support cost breakdowns.

Business object definition

Figure 1 — Graphical Representation for Business Object Support_cost_breakdown

Support Cost Breakdown

The definition of the Support Cost Breakdown object is: This information object represents the cost for supporting a PSE through life. The cost model is made up of a breakdown of support cost item types and against each cost item type, predicted and actual costs are recorded

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
Constituent Costs	This is a reference to the constituent cost item types.	Relationship from Cost Item Type to Support Cost Breakdown.	Optional
Context	This is a description of the context for which the cost breakdown was defined.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Id	This is the identifier of the support cost breakdown.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Name	This is the name of the support cost breakdown.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Related PSE	This is a reference to the PSE for which the cost breakdown is defined.	Relationship to PSE.	Optional
Related Support Concept	This is a reference to the Support Concept for which the support cost breakdown was developed.	Relationship to Support Concept	Optional
Related Support Solution	This is a reference to the Support Solution for which the support cost breakdown was developed.	Relationship to Support Solution Definition	Optional

Table 1 — support cost breakdown attribute details.

Model diagrams

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

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

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 support_cost_breakdown template

Input parameters

The following input parameters are defined for this template:

id (Type='STRING')

This is the identifier of the support cost breakdown.

name (Type='STRING')

This is the name of the support cost breakdown.

context (Type='STRING')

This is the context of the support cost breakdown.

source_organization (Type='STRING')

The identifier of the organization responsible for identifying the support cost breakdown.

related_pse (Type= 'ENTITY (Product_group)' , Optional)

This is a reference to the PSE for which the cost breakdown is defined.

related_support_concept (Type= 'ENTITY (Task_method)' , Optional)

This is a reference to the Support Concept for which the support cost breakdown was developed.

related_support_solution (Type= 'ENTITY (Document_definition)' , Optional)

This is a reference to the Support Solution for which the support cost breakdown was developed.

Reference parameters

The following reference parameters are defined for this template:

support_cost_breakdown(Type='ENTITY (Breakdown_version)')

Allow the Breakdown_version entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.

Note: The Breakdown_version entity can be referenced in a template path by:

%^target = $support_cost_breakdown.support_cost_breakdown%

where target is the parameter to which the Breakdown_version is bound.

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.

/representing_breakdown(
    id=@id,
    id_class_name='Support_cost_breakdown_id_code',
    id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:UK_Defence',
    id_owner=@source_organization,
    id_owner_class_name='Organization_identification_code',
    id_owner_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    bkdn_type='Support_cost_breakdown',
    bkdn_type_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    vn_id='/Null',
    vn_id_class_name='Version_identification_code',
    vn_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    vn_id_owner=@source_organization,
    vn_id_owner_class_name='Organization_identification_code',
    vn_id_owner_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    of_product= @related_support_solution)/

-- assign ref parameters
%^support_cost_breakdown = $representing_breakdown.bkdn%
%^support_cost_breakdown_vn = $representing_breakdown.bkdn_vn%
/identifier(
    ID=@name,
    source_organization=@source_organization,
    type='Name',
    items=^support_cost_breakdown)/

-- description
/assigning_descriptor(
    descr=@context,
    class_name='Context_description',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=^support_cost_breakdown)/

-- [Optional 0:1 related support concept]
Applied_activity_method_assignment
Applied_activity_method_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'
Applied_activity_method_assignment.items -> ^support_cost_breakdown_vn
Applied_activity_method_assignment.assigned_activity_method -> @related_support_concept
Product_group_membership
Product_group_membership.of_group -> @related_pse
Product_group_membership.member -> ^support_cost_breakdown_vn

The following entities are instantiated with attributes as specified:

Entity in path	Value	Inherited from
Applied_activity_method_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—

Instance diagrams

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

/support_cost_breakdown(id='', name='', source_organization='', related_pse='@238', related_support_concept='@158', related_support_solution='@49')/

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

Figure 4 — Entities instantiated by support_cost_breakdown 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:

/support_cost_breakdown(id='', name='', source_organization='', related_pse='@238', related_support_concept='@158', related_support_solution='@49')/

Figure 5 — Instantiation of support_cost_breakdown template

Characterizations

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