@startuml
title This is the flow for onboarding DCAE components. All components get onboarded and made available to DCAE template designer.
box "DCAE Development"
	actor DCAE_Developer
	entity DCAE_Comp_JSON
	participant DCAE_TOSCA_Tool
	entity DCAE_TOSCA
end box
box "SDC GUI" #f4c69f
	participant SDC
	database SDC_Catalog
	end box
autonumber
loop for all DCAE Components
DCAE_Developer -> DCAE_Comp_JSON : Offline creates JSON schema\nspecifying the metadata\nrequired by this component.\nInputs\nOutputs\nConfiguration
DCAE_Comp_JSON -> DCAE_TOSCA_Tool : Uses TOSCA tool to\ncreate artifact.
DCAE_TOSCA_Tool -> DCAE_TOSCA : TOSCA Artifact created.
DCAE_TOSCA -> SDC : Imports into SDC\nto onboard their\nDCAE component
SDC -> SDC_Catalog : Saved into catalog
end
@enduml