UAF evolved from the Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM), version 2.1. UAF extends the scope of UPDM and generalizes it to make it applicable to commercial as well as military architectures. The intent of UAF is to provide a standard representation for describing enterprise architectures using a Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) approach.

The core concepts in the UAF are based upon the DoDAF 2.0.2 Domain Metamodel (DM2) and the MODAF ontological data exchange mechanism (MODEM), Security Views from Canada's Department of National Defense Architecture Framework (DNDAF) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Architecture Framework (NAF) v 4.

The following diagrams provide a mapping of UAF concepts to  SysFEAT concepts.

As  SysFEAT goes beyond MBSE, it provides a broder set of concepts than UAF to cover the entire spectrum of Enterprise Architecture. This includes IT Architecture, IT Asset Management, Information Architecture and GRC.

The mapping provides a comprehensive understanding of UAF Domain Metamodel concepts (DMM) in SEAMF as well as correspondance between UAF and  SysFEAT terminologies.