Unit 2/Chapter 3 - Language Structure Flashcards
A model that describes in a structured way how and with what the architecture will be described.
Metamodel
The most important design ____ on the ArchiMate modeling language is that it has been explicitly designed to be as compact as possible, yet still usable for most EA modeling tasks.
constraint
A collection of concepts.
Model
An element, a relationship, or a relationship connector.
Concept
A behavior element, a structure element, a motivation element, or a composite element.
Element
Three core layers
Business, Application, Technology
Depicts business services offered to customers, which are realized in the org by business processes performed by business actors.
Business Layer
Depicts application services that support the business, and the applications that realize them.
Application Layer
Depicts the technology services (such as processing, storage, and communication services) needed to run the applications, and the computer and communication hardware and system software that realize those services.
Technology Layer
Physical elements for modeling physical equipment, materials, and distribution networks.
Technology Layer
In alignment with service-orientation, the most important relationship between layers is formed by ____ relationships.
Serving
Shows how the elements in one layer are served by the services of other layers.
Serving relationship
Elements in lower layers may realize comparable objects in higher levels
Realization relationship
A framework of nine cells used to classify elements of the ArchiMate core language.
ArchiMate Core Framework
Made up of three aspects and three layers.
ArchiMate Core Framework
Three aspects
Active Structure, Behavior, Passive Structure
Represents the structural elements
Active Structure aspect
Represents the behavior
Behavior aspect
Represents the objects on which behavior is performed
Passive Structure aspect
Business actors, application components, devices that display actual behavior (i.e., the subjects of activity)
Active Structure aspect
Processes, functions, events, and services
Behavior aspect
An element that does not necessarily fit in a single aspect (column) of the framework, but may combine two or more aspects.
Composite element
ArchiMate Full Framework Layers
Strategy, Business, Application, Technology/Physical, Implementation & Migration
Elements from the passive structure aspect (e.g. business objects, data objects, and technology objects) are used to represent ____.
Information entities
