Description
The NATO Operational Event-Trace Description provides a time-ordered examination of the information exchanges between participating operational nodes as a result of a particular operational thread or scenario. Each event-trace diagram should have an accompanying description that defines the particular scenario or situation and represent a specific capability. The NOV-6c is also used in conjunction with an NOV-5 to depict process flow (such as an IDEF3 model). A process flow model captures precedence and causality relations between situations and events by providing a structured method for expressing knowledge about how a process or organization works. A process flow model should be annotated with the names of the operational nodes responsible for conducting those activities. The net-centric NOV-6c describes the business and mission processes that need to be executed to achieve NetCentric Operations (NCO). The ability to discover, access, and understand information and capabilities from the NCE, where and when they are needed, is supported by the NOV-6c and can be decomposed to the level of specificity required for the subject architecture. In the NCE, the NOV-6c may depict the following:
Implementation
NOV-6c can be represented using a NOV-6c diagram which is based on the UML Sequence diagram.
Sample
Related views
The NOV-6c can be used by itself or in conjunction with an Operational State Transition Description (NOV-6b) to describe the dynamic behavior of processes.
The information content of messages that connect life-lines in an NOV-6c View Product may be related, in modeling terms, with the information flows (NOV-3, NOV-5) and information entities (NOV-7) modeled in other views.
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