Application collaboration

Layer/Extension: Application layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: An aggregate of two or more application components that work together to perform collective behavior.

Application component

Layer/Extension: Application layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: A modular, deployable, and replaceable part of a software system that encapsulates its behavior and data and exposes these through a set of interfaces.

Data object

Layer/Extension: Application layer

Aspect: Passive structure

Definition: A passive element suitable for automated processing.

Application function

Layer/Extension: Application layer

Aspect: Behavioral

Definition: A behavior element that groups automated behavior that can be performed by an application component.

Application interaction

Layer/Extension: Application layer

Aspect: Behavioral

Definition: A behavior element that describes the behavior of an application collaboration.

Application interface

Layer/Extension: Application layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: A point of access where an application service is made available to a user or another application component.

Application service

Layer/Extension: Application layer

Aspect: Behavioral

Definition: A service that exposes automated behavior.

Business actor

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: An organizational entity that is capable of performing behavior.

Business collaboration

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: An aggregate of two or more business roles that work together to perform collective behavior.

Business event

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Behavioral

Definition: Something that happens (internally or externally) and influences behavior.

Business function

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Behavioral

Definition: A behavior element that groups behavior based on a chosen set of criteria (typically required business resources and/or competences).

Business interface

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: A point of access where a business service is made available to the environment.

Location

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Passive structure

Definition: A conceptual point or extent in space.

Meaning

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Passive structure

Definition: The knowledge or expertise present in a business object or its representation, given a particular context.

Business object or Contract

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Passive structure

Definition (Business Object): A passive element that has relevance from a business perspective.

Definition (Contract): A formal or informal specification of an agreement that specifies the rights and obligations associated with a product.

Business process

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Behavioral

Definition: A behavior element that groups behavior based on an ordering of activities. It is intended to produce a defined set of products or business services.

Product

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Passive structure

Definition: A coherent collection of services, accompanied by a contract/set of agreements, which is offered as a whole to (internal or external) customers.

Representation

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Passive structure

Definition: A perceptible form of the information carried by a business object.

Business role

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: The responsibility for performing specific behavior, to which an actor can be assigned.

Business service

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Behavioral

Definition: A service that fulfills a business need for a customer (internal or external to the organization).

Value

Layer/Extension: Business layer

Aspect: Passive structure

Definition: The relative worth, utility, or importance of a business service or product.

Deliverable

Layer/Extension: Implementation and migration extension

Definition: A precisely-defined outcome of a work package.

Gap

Layer/Extension: Implementation and migration extension

Definition: An outcome of a gap analysis between two plateaus.

Plateau

Layer/Extension: Implementation and migration extension

Definition: A relatively stable state of the architecture that exists during a limited period of time.

Work package

Layer/Extension: Implementation and migration extension

Definition: A series of actions designed to accomplish a unique goal within a specified time.

Assessment

Layer/Extension: Motivation extension

Definition: The outcome of some analysis of some driver.

Constraint

Layer/Extension: Motivation extension

Definition: A restriction on the way in which a system is realized.

Driver

Layer/Extension: Motivation extension

Definition: Something that creates, motivates, and fuels the change in an organization.

Goal

Layer/Extension: Motivation extension

Definition: An end state that a stakeholder intends to achieve.

Principle

Layer/Extension: Motivation extension

Definition: A normative property of all systems in a given context, or the way in which they are realized.

Requirement

Layer/Extension: Motivation extension

Definition: A statement of need that must be realized by a system.

Stakeholder

Layer/Extension: Motivation extension

Definition: The role of an individual, team, or organization (or classes thereof) that represents their interests in, or concerns relative to, the outcome of the architecture.

Access relation

Type: Structural

Definition: Models the access of behavioral concepts to business or data objects.

Aggregation relation

Type: Structural

Definition: Indicates that a concept groups a number of other concepts.

Assignment relation

 
Type: Structural

Definition: Links active elements (e.g., business roles or application components) with units of behavior that are performed by them, or business actors with business roles that are fulfilled by them.

Association relation

Type: Structural

Definition: Models a relationship between objects that is not covered by another, more specific relationship.

Composition relation

Type: Structural

Definition: Indicates that an object is composed of one or more other objects.

Flow relation

Type: Dynamic

Definition: Describes the exchange or transfer of, for example, information or value between processes, function, interactions, and events.

Influence relation

Type: Other

Definition: Models that some motivational element has a positive or negative influence on another motivational element.

Junction

Type: Other

Definition: Used to connect dynamic relationships of the same type.

Realization relation

Type: Structural

Definition: Links a logical entity with a more concrete entity that realizes it.

Specialization relation

Type: Other

Definition: Indicates that an object is a specialization of another object.

Trigger relation

Type: Dynamic

Definition: Describes the temporal or causal relationships between processes, functions, interactions, and events.

Used-by relation

Type: Structural

Definition: Models the use of services by processes, functions, or interactions and the access to interfaces by roles, components, or collaborations.

Artifact

Layer/Extension: Technology layer

Aspect: Passive structure

Definition: A physical piece of data that is used or produced in a software development process, or by deployment and operation of a system.

Communication path

Layer/Extension: Technology layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: A link between two or more nodes, through which these nodes can exchange data.

Device

Layer/Extension: Technology layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: A hardware resource upon which artifacts may be stored or deployed for execution.

Infrastructure function

Layer/Extension: Technology layer

Aspect: Behavioral

Definition: A behavior element that groups infrastructural behavior that can be performed by a node.

Infrastructure interface

Layer/Extension: Technology layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: A point of access where infrastructure services offered by a node can be accessed by other nodes and application components.

Infrastructure service

Layer/Extension: Technology layer

Aspect: Behavioral

Definition: An externally visible unit of functionality, provided by one or more nodes, exposed through well-defined interfaces, and meaningful to the environment.

Network

Layer/Extension: Technology layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: A communication medium between two or more devices.

Node

Layer/Extension: Technology layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: A computational resource upon which artifacts may be stored or deployed for execution.

System software

Layer/Extension: Technology layer

Aspect: Active structure

Definition: Represents a software environment for specific types of components and objects that are deployed on it in the form of artifacts.