Active structure — who or what does it
- Resource
+ Resource
Behaviour — what is done
- Capability, Value Stream, Course of Action
+ CapabilityValue StreamCourse of Action
Passive structure — what it is done to
@@ -98,15 +98,15 @@
Business
what the organisation does for its customers
Active structure — who or what does it
- Business Actor, Business Role, Business Collaboration, Business Interface
+ Business ActorBusiness RoleBusiness CollaborationBusiness Interface
Behaviour — what is done
- Business Process, Business Function, Business Interaction, Business Event, Business Service
+ Business ProcessBusiness FunctionBusiness InteractionBusiness EventBusiness Service
Passive structure — what it is done to
- Business Object, Contract, Representation, Product †
+ Business ObjectContractRepresentationProduct †
@@ -115,15 +115,15 @@
Application
what software does for the business
Active structure — who or what does it
- Application Component, Application Collaboration, Application Interface
+ Application ComponentApplication CollaborationApplication Interface
Behaviour — what is done
- Application Function, Application Interaction, Application Process, Application Event, Application Service
+ Application FunctionApplication InteractionApplication ProcessApplication EventApplication Service
Passive structure — what it is done to
- Data Object
+ Data Object
@@ -132,15 +132,15 @@
Technology
what infrastructure does for software
Active structure — who or what does it
- Node, Device, System Software, Technology Collaboration, Technology Interface, Path, Communication Network
+ NodeDeviceSystem SoftwareTechnology CollaborationTechnology InterfacePathCommunication Network
Behaviour — what is done
- Technology Function, Technology Process, Technology Interaction, Technology Event, Technology Service
+ Technology FunctionTechnology ProcessTechnology InteractionTechnology EventTechnology Service
Passive structure — what it is done to
- Artifact
+ Artifact
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
Physical
part of Technology, not a layer of its own
Active structure — who or what does it
- Equipment, Facility, Distribution Network
+ EquipmentFacilityDistribution Network
Behaviour — what is done
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
Physical
Passive structure — what it is done to
- Material
+ Material
@@ -170,11 +170,11 @@
Implementation & Migration
Behaviour — what is done
- Work Package, Implementation Event
+ Work PackageImplementation Event
Passive structure — what it is done to
- Deliverable, Plateau ‡, Gap ‡
+ DeliverablePlateau ‡Gap ‡
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
Implementation & Migration
Composite
no layer of their own
- Grouping — anything that belongs together, Location — where elements sit or behaviour happens
+ Grouping — anything that belongs togetherLocation — where elements sit or behaviour happens
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
Internal or external — the pair people miss
Reading the notation
-
Colour is convention, not specification — yellow business, blue application, green technology, purple motivation, tan strategy, pink implementation. The small icon in the top-right corner of a box carries the actual element type; a rounded box is behaviour, a square one is structure.
+
Colour is convention, not specification — yellow business, blue application, green technology, purple motivation, tan strategy, pink implementation. Marks beside the names show the standard type icon or a distinctive element shape. A type icon sits in the top-right of its box; rounded boxes are behaviour, square boxes structure.
Element set per the ArchiMate® 3.2 Specification. ArchiMate is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
+ Notation graphics: MIT licence notices
Notation graphics adapted for this sheet from:
+
+archimate-js (9c73897140199e0071dafcc6cd5e513ffb2dfc2a)
+https://github.com/archimodel/archimate-js
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2022 Vincent Boulet
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
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+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+
+Archi (9e6a014f9ef6a782a7dda604ef7b4d03d2c7819a)
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2013-2026 Phillip Beauvoir, Jean-Baptiste Sarrodie, The Open Group
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
+