Template:— support_node_capability (supp_node_cap)
Context:— UK_Defence		 Date: 2009/04/17 11:58:03
Revision: 1.3
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This section specifies the template support_node_capability.

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 definition of a capability of the related support node.

Business perspective

The support node capability business object is used by those UK_Defence Data Exchange Specifications that require information that defines a capability of the related support node.

Business object definition


Figure 1 —  Graphical Representation for Business Object Support Node Capability

Figure 1 —  Graphical Representation for Business Object Support Node Capability

Support Node Capability:

The definition of an Support Node Capability object is: Data about the definition of a capability of the related support node.

Attribute name

Attribute description

Attribute type

Optionality
Capability This is the capability that is defined for the related support node. Relationship to Function or Task Mandatory
ID This is the Identifier of the support node capability. Identifier Mandatory
Related support Node This is the reference to the support node for which the capability is defined. Relationship to support Node Mandatory
Valid from This is the date from which the support node capability was valid. Intrinsic Optional
Valid to This is the date to which the support node capability was valid. Intrinsic Optional

Table 1 — Support Node Capability 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_node_capability". The text highlighted in blue shows the template parameters.


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

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

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_node_capability template

Figure 3 —  The graphical representation of the support_node_capability template

Input parameters
The following input parameters are defined for this template:
capability (Type= 'SELECT (organization_or_person_in_organization_item)' )
This is the capability that is defined for the related support node.
ID (Type='STRING')
This is the identifier of the support node capability.
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.
related_support_node (Type= 'ENTITY (Organization)' )
This is the reference to the support node for which the capability is defined.
valid_from (Type= 'ENTITY (Date_time)' , Optional)
This is the date from which the support node capability was valid.
valid_to (Type= 'ENTITY (Date_time)' , Optional)
This is the date to which the support node capability was valid.
Reference parameters
The following reference parameters are defined for this template:
supp_node_cap(Type='ENTITY (Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment)')
Allow the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.
Note: The Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment entity can be referenced in a template path by:
%^target = $support_node_capability.supp_node_cap%
where target is the parameter to which the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment is bound.
Uniqueness constraints

The following parameter combinations specify a uniqueness constraint:
Unique constraint: support_node_capability
Each instance of the entity (Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment) within the data set shall be uniquely identified by a combination of the following parameters on this template (support_node_capability) namely: capability, ID, related_support_node.
The instance is referenced by the following template parameter: supp_node_cap.
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.
-- Capability
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment

-- Set the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment attribute role to be ignored
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'

-- Assign the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.items -> @capability

-- Create the Detected_by parameter
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.assigned_entity -> @related_support_node
%^supp_node_cap = Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment%

-- ID
/identifier(
    ID=@ID,
    source_organization=@source_organization,
    type='Support_node_capability_identifier',
    items=^supp_node_cap)/

-- [optional Value from]
Date_or_date_time_assignment
Date_or_date_time_assignment.items -> ^supp_node_cap
Date_or_date_time_assignment.assigned_date -> @valid_from
%^valid_from_date = Date_or_date_time_assignment%
/assigning_reference_data(
    items=^valid_from_date,
    class_name='Date_support_node_capability_started',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence')/

-- [optional Value to]
Date_or_date_time_assignment
Date_or_date_time_assignment.items -> ^supp_node_cap
Date_or_date_time_assignment.assigned_date -> @valid_to
%^valid_to_date = Date_or_date_time_assignment%
/assigning_reference_data(
    items=^valid_to_date,
    class_name='Date_support_node_capability_ended',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence')/
The following entities are instantiated with attributes as specified:
Entity in path Value Inherited from
Organization_or_person_in_organization_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_node_capability(capability='@30', ID='SNC123', source_organization='UK_Defence', related_support_node='@88', valid_from='@78', valid_to='@83')/
(an illustration of the consolidated support_node_capability template is shown in Figure 5 below.)


Figure 4 —  Entities instantiated by support_node_capability template

Figure 4 —  Entities instantiated by support_node_capability 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_node_capability(capability='@30', ID='SNC123', source_organization='UK_Defence', related_support_node='@88', valid_from='@78', valid_to='@83')/


Figure 5 —  Instantiation of support_node_capability template

Figure 5 —  Instantiation of support_node_capability template

Characterizations
No common characterizations of the template support_node_capability 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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