Creating DoDAF 2 Architectures
A DoDAF Architecture can be created from the different tools previously discussed (the DoDAF 2.0 navigation tree or the MEGA Suite for DoDAF 2.0 Windows Front-End Start page).
To create a DoDAF architecture from the DoDAF 2.0 navigation tree:
1. Click on Architecture folder page and select New > Architecture Description.
2. In the dialog box that appears, enter the name of the new architecture.
3. Click OK.
The new architecture appears in the list of architectures on the start page and in the "Architectures" folder in the DoDAF 2.0 navigation tree.
When you create a DoDAF architecture, a set of related objects are also created. These objects are contained in a new MEGA library. The architecture itself is also contained in this library which is used as a container for all the architecture items. All these new objects are defined to represent a given perspective of the architecture, for example the operational or the system perspective.
Reports are not created with each new DoDAF architecture. A command is available on the architecture which allows you to create the desired reports for the different DoDAF 2.0 Viewpoints.
All the objects created are transparent to the DoDAF user. They are used by the system to group all the main items created within a given architecture. The navigation tree and the DoDAF 2.0 Start page give direct access to these objects.
Once an architecture is created, the Viewpoints and models can be accessed via the DoDAF 2.0 navigation tree or the DoDAF 2.0 Start page. Detailed information is provided for each model later on in this document.
You can also set an architecture as the default architecture. In so doing, all the objects created will be created within the context of this architecture and consequently are contained in the library of the architecture.
