ArchiMate Notation: Part 8 – Relationships

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ArchiMate Notation: Part 8 – Relationships

ArchiMate Relationships Summary

Structural Relationships

Name Representation Definition *
Composition Indicates that an element consists of one or more other concepts.
Aggregation Indicates that an element consists of one or more other concepts.
Assignment Expresses the allocation of responsibility, performance of behavior, or execution.
Realization   Indicates that an entity plays a critical role in the creation, achievement, sustenance, or operation of a more abstract entity.
ArchiMate 3 – Structural Relationships Summary

Dependency Relationships

Name Representation Definition *
Serving Models that an element provides its functionality to another element.
Access Models the ability of behavior and active structure elements to observe or act upon passive structure elements.
Influence Models that an element affects the implementation or achievement of some motivation element.
ArchiMate 3 – Dependency Relationships Summary

Dynamic Relationships

Name Representation Definition *
Triggering Describes a temporal or causal relationship between elements.
Flow Transfer from one element to another.
ArchiMate 3 – Dynamic Relationships Summary

Other Relationships

Name Representation Definition *
Specialization Indicates that an element is a particular kind of another element.
Association Models an unspecified relationship, or one that is not represented by another ArchiMate relationship.
Junction Used to connect relationships of the same type.
Summary of Other ArchiMate Relationships 
ArchiMate Notation: Part 1 – Business Layer

ArchiMate Notation: Part 2 – Application Layer

ArchiMate Notation: Part 3 – Technology Layer

ArchiMate Notation: Part 4 – Technology Layer

ArchiMate Notation: Part 5 – Strategy Layer

ArchiMate Notation: Part 6 – Motivation Extension

ArchiMate Notation: Part 7 – Implementation & Migration Extension

ArchiMate Notation: Part 8 – Relationships

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