I’m trying to make life easier for Archi users who install official Archi Plug-ins but differences in Operating Systems are making things tricky. A plug-in consists of either a single “jar” file or a directory containing several files which need to be placed in the “plugins” folder of the Archi installation. This could be done […]
Representing ArchiMate Relationships
ArchiMate defines a set of 11 relationships between elements. How these relationships can be used is also defined in the specification in the metamodal diagrams and in a table of allowed relationships given in an appendix. Here’s an example of a metamodel diagram for the business layer: And here’s an excerpt from the relationships table […]
Turning the Tables
Another day, another “proposal” from a training organisation. 🙄 Over the years I’ve received quite a few “proposals” relating to Archi. They’re usually some variant of: Hey Phil, why don’t you advertise my (money-making) site for free, and I’ll promote Archi! Hey Phil, we use Archi to make loads of money training people in ArchiMate […]
Executable Standards
This post follows on from my previous post where I said: Overpriced “enterprise” software that can only be accessed from behind a paywall may as well not exist. I want to talk about the concept of “Executable Standards”, something that the curators of ArchiMate are keen to promote. The difference between a “Paper Standard” and […]