Each of the eight viewpoints defined above groups models. In DoDAF 2 vocabulary, a model is either a graphical, textual or tabular deliverable that describes the characteristics that are relevant to the architecture product. Each model is associated to a short name created from the abbreviation of the viewpoint to which it belongs (AV, CV, DIV, OV, PV, SvcV, StdV, SV) and suffixed by a number.

The following tables list the different DoDAF 2 models with their coded names and a brief description.