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SWIM-DEFN-130 Operational environment

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Last updated: 2024 Jul 11
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Requirement

Title

Operational environment

Identifier

SWIM-DEFN-130

Requirement

A service definition shall include or refer to information about:

  • the operational needs used in the development of the service; and/or

  • the capabilities offered by the service.

Rationale

Information about the operational environment is useful to get an understanding of the service.

Information about the operational needs addressed by the service and the capabilities the service offers supports decision making in terms of service suitability within a particular operational context.

Verification

Completeness: Verify that operational environment information is included or referenced.

Consistency: Not Applicable.

Correctness: Not Applicable.

Examples/Notes

Example

  • Operational needs:

    • ICAO Annex 15 details the aeronautical information products to be made available by Aeronautical Information Services. These include digital data sets. These are primarily to satisfy international requirements for the exchange of aeronautical information. The data sets can be used to populate a local database for use in applications.

  • Capabilities:

    • The service supports the discovery and retrieval of the aeronautical digital data sets as defined by ICAO Annex 15:

      • AIP data set;

      • Obstacle data set;

      • Terrain data set;

      • Aerodrome mapping data set;

      • Instrument flight procedure data set

    • The service supports the discovery and retrieval of customised digital data sets that are designed for specific purposes.

Note: Capabilities are supported by functions. These are described in SWIM-DEFN-140.

Level of
Implementation

Mandatory

Guidance

This requirement asks for one of two things:

  • the operational needs. This is the service from the point of view of the service consumer.  It details what the service should do to satisfy the consumer's needs.

  • the capabilities. This is the service from the provider viewpoint. It details what the service can do.

This flexibility is allowed as a service can be developed in different ways - sometimes starting from a "top-down" approach but at other times as a "bottom-up" collection of operations.

Verification Support

Completeness

Check that:

[  ] The service definition includes or refers to information about the operational environment.

Examples

Links to example service definitions can be found in the example service definitions page. 

Status: Living Material