ArchiMate® 3.2 Specification
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The ArchiMate® Specification, a standard of The Open Group, defines an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. The ArchiMate language enables Enterprise Architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way.
This is the official specification of the ArchiMate 3.2 modeling language from The Open Group.
The main changes between Version 3.1 and Version 3.2 of the ArchiMate Specification are listed below. In addition to these changes, various other minor improvements in definitions, explanations, and examples have been made.
- Improved the definitions of several concepts, most notably outcome, constraint, business function, and product
- Made the Physical elements part of the Technology Layer chapter instead of a separate chapter
- Changed the Technology Layer metamodel, making device, system software, facility, and equipment no longer subtypes of node but of technology internal active structure element, and adding composition and aggregation relationships with node
- Added composition and aggregation relationships from plateau to outcome
- Added realization from material to equipment
- Improved the restrictions on derivation rules described in Section B.3.5
- Added a derivation rule for grouping
- Changed the icon notation of the meaning and communication network elements, added an icon notation for work package, and added new box notations for meaning, value, business object, contract, representation, work package, and deliverable
- Changed the default color of the plateau and gap elements to the same pink as the other Implementation and Migration elements
The intended audience is threefold:
- Enterprise Architecture practitioners, such as architects (e.g., application, information, process, infrastructure, and, obviously, Enterprise Architects), senior and operational management, project leaders, and anyone committed to work within the reference framework defined by the Enterprise Architecture
- Those who intend to implement the ArchiMate language in a software tool; they will find a complete and detailed description of the language in this standard
- The academic community, on which we rely for amending and improving the language based on state-of-the-art research results in the architecture field
| US ISBN | 1-957866-02-4 |
|---|---|
| Published | 19 Oct 2022 |
| Supersedes | C197 |
| Type | Standards |
| Subject | ArchiMate |
| Common Name | ArchiMate 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Status | Adopted |
| Service Category | Software Engineering Services |
| Service | Architecture |
| Type | The Open Group Standard |
The ArchiMate® Specification, a standard of The Open Group, defines an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. The ArchiMate language enables Enterprise Architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way.
This is the official specification of the ArchiMate 3.2 modeling language from The Open Group.
The main changes between Version 3.1 and Version 3.2 of the ArchiMate Specification are listed below. In addition to these changes, various other minor improvements in definitions, explanations, and examples have been made.
- Improved the definitions of several concepts, most notably outcome, constraint, business function, and product
- Made the Physical elements part of the Technology Layer chapter instead of a separate chapter
- Changed the Technology Layer metamodel, making device, system software, facility, and equipment no longer subtypes of node but of technology internal active structure element, and adding composition and aggregation relationships with node
- Added composition and aggregation relationships from plateau to outcome
- Added realization from material to equipment
- Improved the restrictions on derivation rules described in Section B.3.5
- Added a derivation rule for grouping
- Changed the icon notation of the meaning and communication network elements, added an icon notation for work package, and added new box notations for meaning, value, business object, contract, representation, work package, and deliverable
- Changed the default color of the plateau and gap elements to the same pink as the other Implementation and Migration elements
The intended audience is threefold:
- Enterprise Architecture practitioners, such as architects (e.g., application, information, process, infrastructure, and, obviously, Enterprise Architects), senior and operational management, project leaders, and anyone committed to work within the reference framework defined by the Enterprise Architecture
- Those who intend to implement the ArchiMate language in a software tool; they will find a complete and detailed description of the language in this standard
- The academic community, on which we rely for amending and improving the language based on state-of-the-art research results in the architecture field
| US ISBN | 1-957866-02-4 |
|---|---|
| Published | 19 Oct 2022 |
| Supersedes | C197 |
| Type | Standards |
| Subject | ArchiMate |
| Common Name | ArchiMate 3.2 |
|---|---|
| Status | Adopted |
| Service Category | Software Engineering Services |
| Service | Architecture |
| Type | The Open Group Standard |
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