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Mapping Block Definition Diagrams

Level of Detail: High Audience: System/software engineers and subject matter experts (SMEs) Content: Physical composition often including block roles and characteristics; inheritance model Use: Detailed, multi-level design representation of system composition, inheritance, and corresponding physical characteristics; class diagram

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Physical Block Diagrams (PBDs)

• Specify connectivity of system / component

• Serves as the system context diagram at the highest level • Often includes conceptual component graphics at higher levels to enhance communication • Cartoon or “architoon” • Classically shown as boxes and

lines at lower levels • “System schematic”

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