DoDAF 2.0 overview

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DoDAF 2.0 overview

The US Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) version 2.0 is a major update to the previous DoDAF (version 1.5) specification. It presents an entirely new metamodel, called the DoDAF metamodel 2 (DM2), and with it a new data-centric approach to building architectures. DoDAF 2 support in System Architect directly supports all of the concepts of DoDAF 2.0, including:

▪Direct support for the DM2 metamodel: see Artifact types of the DoDAF 2 metamodel

▪Data Centricity in storage and visualization of architecture information: see Data-centric approach in DoDAF 2

▪Inheritance in the DM2 metamodel: see Inheritance in DM2 metamodel

▪Instance modeling

▪Fit-for-Purpose Views: see Fit-for-purpose views in DoDAF 2

DoDAF 2.0 support is completely new and separate from older support for the DoDAF 1.5 specification; DoDAF 1.5 remains supported in the tool: you can either turn on DoDAF 1.5, DoDAF 1.5 ABM, or DoDAF 2.0 in System Architect 11.4 or later encyclopedias.

For more information about DoDAF 2 and its implementation, see the DoD website:

http://dodcio.defense.gov/dodaf20.aspx