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Introduction

The TRAK.vss is a stencil for Microsoft Visio. It provides a set of node and connector elements in to allow you to create TRAK architecture views using the Microsoft Visio application.

It also provides:-

• attributes for each shape and connector to hold data e.g. protective marking, stereotype (element type)
• the ability to orient text on connectors - parallel, horizontal
• hovering over the shape or connector in the stencil provides the definition
• hovering over the shape in your drawing provides the description (from the underlying shape data)

It is an implementation of the logical definition of TRAK and as such may include limitations of the Visio tool.

Releases

This Release

Adds blocks and connectors to allow creation of TRAK MV-04 Assurance architecture view to allow description / structuring of Claims with supporting Arguments and Evidence e.g. for safety assurance claims, claims of compliance with a requirement, scientific claims etc.

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Installation

Place in Documents | My Shapes and under whatever category you wish

Use

1. Make sure you are showing the Shape Data (right-click a shape and select 'Data | Shape Data' or go to the Data menu and select 'Shape Data Window' ).
2. Drag a shape from the stencil onto your drawing
3. In the Shape Data window enter the name of the shape. The name of the shape is taken from the contents of the 'Name' attribute.
4. In the Shape Data window enter the description for the shape.The description is taken from contents of the 'Description' attribute.
5. Complete as many of the attributes for the shape or connector as are needed.

TRAK Architecture Framework

Defining TRAK Documents

TRAK is defined by 3 documents.

The top level TRAK definition is at https://trak.sourceforge.io. This describes important ideas, choice of architecture description language, colour rules, bye laws, conformance with TRAK and the minimal modelling process. It invokes the following 2 documents:

• The specifications for TRAK architecture views (architecture viewpoints) are available at https://trakviewpoints.sourceforge.io

• The TRAK metamodel is available at https://trakmetamodel.sourceforge.io. This defines the architecture description elements, their properties, property values and triples.

Informative Documents

• TRAK-on-a-page.pdf provides a very short 4 page introductory guide to TRAK including the metamodel diagrams.

TRAK on the Internet

See also:

• TRAK Architecture Framework Group on LinkedIn
• TRAK Group on Facebook
• TRAK_AF on Mastodon

Implementations of TRAK

• UML profile for TRAK. Provides a set of UML and SysML node and connector elements for any UML modelling tool.
• UML / SysML with TRAK. Provides bare profiles (any UML modelling tool) and an MDG for Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect for those wanting to annotate standard UML / SysML Class, Use Case and State Machine diagrams with TRAK elements.
• MDG Technology for TRAK. Provides the views, toolbox palettes of UML and SysML elements, custom searches and context-sensitive linking for Sparx Systems' Enterprise Architect UML modelling tool.(Nic Plum, Eclectica Systems Ltd.)
• TRAK MooD 2010 Template. Provides a template through which TRAK architecture views can be created using Salamander MooD modelling tool and is constrained to use node and connector elements from the TRAK metamodel.(Brian Cliff, VEGA)
• OmniGraffle Stencil for TRAK. A stencil that provides the metamodel node and connector elements for OmniGroup's OmniGraffle ( a Visio-like tool for Mac and iOS).
• TRAK Visio Template. This similarly provides a set of node and connector elements.

Thanks and keep watching this space!