HOPEX DoDAF2 (EN) : Metamodel Renaming : MEGA Metamodel Renaming
   
MEGA Metamodel Renaming
This section indicates the concepts relating to DoDAF 2.0 models and the MEGA concepts used to implement them.
The table below lists the concepts renamed with their standard definition (from the MEGA perspective) and the DoDAF 2.0 definition. The aim of this renaming is to make the mapping between the DoDAF 2.0 concepts and the MEGA concepts as invisible as possible for the user.
 
MEGA Concept
DoDAF 2.0 Concept
Initial MEGA Definition
DoDAF 2.0 Definition
Business Function
Operational Node
A business function is a skill or grouping of skills of interest for the enterprise.
An operational node is a node that performs a role or a mission.
A node is a representation of an element of architecture that produces, consumes or processes data.
Folder of Business Functions
Folder of Operational Nodes
Non-methodological grouping of business functions.
This concept enables assembly under the same root of business functions around a common theme when this theme cannot be explained in the method.
Non-methodological grouping of operational nodes.
This concept enables assembly under the same root of operational nodes around a common theme when this theme cannot be explained in the method.
Objective
Skill