Managing Model Conformity in Archi
- by Richard Heward
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- 26 Jun, 2019
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Use of jArchi scripting with the Archi tool to define consistent models
The ArchiMate notation allows for a large combination of concepts and relationships to be able to express what we need for full Enterprise Architecture modelling. However, a lot of organisations don’t initially need all this and it is sometime useful to semi-restrict what is expected. This paper defines a way of achieving this using the excellent Archi® modelling tool and its jArchi scripting language6. I was already creating some Quality Check scripts when I read the excellent BiZZdesign blog on raising model quality conformance checks. I knew jArchi scripting could achieve a similar outcome.
This is explained more in the free PDF Managing Model Conformity in Archi and supported by the jArchi script and Archi model if have supported jArchi you want to try it out.
This is explained more in the free PDF Managing Model Conformity in Archi and supported by the jArchi script and Archi model if have supported jArchi you want to try it out.
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