You can create instances for definitions of certain types that are declared instantiable. Instances of definitions can have all or a subset of all of the properties of the base definition available, as specified in the metamodel. However, the instance of an object does not inherit property values from the object it instantiates.
You can specify specific values of properties in the instance of a definition. For example, a definition of type Person can have a property, such as Height. An instance of this definition can be named "Fred," and have a value for Height set to "6.".
Most definition types and some relationship types are defined as instantiable in DoDAF 2. For more information, see the topics in the Related information section.
1 Create a new definition and specify its properties.
For example, create a Measures definition called Pay Grade, create a Person definition type called Pilot, and in its Measures property, click Choices; then drag a measure of Pay Grade to the field.
2 In the Explorer, right-click the new definition; then select Create Instance.
3 Type a name for the new instance.
For example, in the image below, “Fred” is specified as the name of this instance of Pilot.
In the example image above, “GS14” is specified as the value of the Pay Grade property.
