The composition relationship indicates that an element consists of one or more other concepts. Example below shows the two ways to express that the Financial Processing function is composed of three sub-functions: The composition relationship has been inspired by the composition relationship in UML class diagrams. Note That: In contrastRead More →
Structural relationships represent the ‘static’ coherence within an architecture. The composing concept (the ‘from’ side of the relationship) is always an element; the composed concept (the ‘to’ side of the relationship) may in some cases also be another relationship. Nesting Form of Elements Structural relationships may also be expressed byRead More →
ArchiMate defines a core set of generic relationships, each of which can connect a predefined set of source and target concepts: The relationships are classified as follows: Structural relationships – model the static construction or composition of concepts of the same or different types Dependency relationships – model how elements are usedRead More →
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 entityRead More →