What is ArchiMate used for?

ArchiMate (/ˈɑːrkɪmeɪt/ AR-ki-mayt; originally from Architecture-Animate) is an open and independent enterprise architecture modeling language to support the description, analysis and visualization of architecture within and across business domains in an unambiguous way.

Why is ArchiMate important?

Benefits of ArchiMate Its well-founded concepts and models provide precision. It helps you get away from the ‘fuzzy pictures’ image of architecture. It is a lean and simple language. It contains just enough concepts for modeling enterprise architecture and is not bloated to include everything possible.

Is ArchiMate free?

A free, perpetual Corporate License is available to any organization wanting to use ArchiMate 2.1 entirely for internal purposes. A free, perpetual Academic License is free to any academic organization wanting to use ArchiMate 2.1 entirely for academic (teaching and/or research) purposes.

How many types of elements ArchiMate has?

ArchiMate is defined with three basic core elements: Passive, Behavioral, and Active. Passive elements are accessed or acted upon by Active elements using some type of Behavior.

What is an ArchiMate diagram?

ArchiMate® is a graphical language and open standard used to describe Enterprise Architectures, developed and maintained by The Open Group®. It can be used to create a wide range of viewpoints, each relevant to different project and business stakeholders.

What is the difference between ArchiMate and TOGAF?

ArchiMate is a multi-purpose modeling language, whereas TOGAF is an Architecture Development Framework. TOGAF provides a Single Holistic meta-model with relationships, while ArchiMate provides a High-Level generic meta-model, as well as detailed per domain or layer meta-models. Basic TOGAF Relationships diagram.

Is ArchiMate open source?

ArchiMate is one of the open standards hosted by The Open Group® and is fully aligned with TOGAF®.

What are ArchiMate principles?

A principle represents a statement of intent defining a general property that applies to any system in a certain context in the architecture. The term “system” is used in its general meaning; i.e., as a group of (functionally) related elements, where each element may be considered as a system again.

How do you draw in ArchiMate?

Steps to draw the ArchiMate diagram example

  1. Start Visual Paradigm with a new project.
  2. Create a new diagram by selecting Diagram > New from the toolbar.
  3. In the New Diagram window, select ArchiMate Diagram and click Next.
  4. Enter Discharging Patients as diagram name and click OK to confirm diagram creation.