ArchiMateModel

ArchiMateModel is a representation of an ArchiMate model used in software tools and libraries that implement the ArchiMate language for enterprise architecture. It provides a structured container for the elements, relationships, diagrams, viewpoints, and metadata that constitute an ArchiMate model.

A model built with ArchiMateModel typically includes a set of elements (such as business actors, processes, applications, data objects, and technology devices), along with relationships that show how these elements interact and influence one another. It also supports viewpoints and diagrams to organize the model into different perspectives for stakeholders, and metadata for versioning and provenance.

In practice, ArchiMateModel is used to construct, manipulate, and persist enterprise-architecture models within toolchains. It supports operations such as validation against the ArchiMate syntax and semantics, exporting to standard formats (for example, ArchiMate XML or JSON), and importing from or interoperating with other modeling tools.

As an abstraction layer, ArchiMateModel is intended to represent the semantics of the ArchiMate language while remaining tool- and platform-agnostic. It enables serialization, visualization, and analysis, and can serve as the core data model for modeling environments, repositories, or reporting dashboards.

See also: ArchiMate, Enterprise architecture, Modeling language, The Open Group.