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The ArchiMate® Enterprise Architecture Modeling Language

About the ArchiMate Modeling Language

The ArchiMate® Specification, a standard of The Open Group, is an open and independent modeling language for Enterprise Architecture that is supported by different tool vendors and consulting firms. The ArchiMate Specification provides instruments to enable Enterprise Architects to describe, analyze, and visualize the relationships among business domains in an unambiguous way. (Download a copy of the ArchiMate Specification)

Just as an architectural drawing in classical building architecture describes the various aspects of the construction and use of a building, the ArchiMate Specification defines a common language for describing the construction and operation of business processes, organizational structures, information flows, IT systems, and technical infrastructure. This insight helps stakeholders to design, assess, and communicate the consequences of decisions and changes within and between these business domains.

Resources

The ArchiMate Specification

Developed by The Open Group ArchiMate Forum,  the latest version of the ArchiMate Specification is version 3.1. 

The Open Group ArchiMate Forum

The Open Group ArchiMate Forum enables member organizations to contribute to the evolution of the ArchiMate language.

Joining the ArchiMate Forum enables you to actively support the use, dissemination, and further development of the ArchiMate Specification. The ArchiMate Forum is open to all Open Group member organizations that apply Enterprise Architecture in practice, or support its use and development. More about the ArchiMate Forum.

Get Involved

The Open Group Forums and Work Groups provide members with a vendor-neutral environment where they collaborate with a world-class network of peers, and have early access to information that enables them to lead the development of standards, certifications, and best practices. To represent the interests of your organization in these highly influential Forums and Work Groups, join The Open Group today.


The Open Group ArchiMate® Model Exchange File Format Standard

The Open Group has released the ArchiMate Model Exchange File Format – a standard file format for the exchange of ArchiMate models between different tools.

The document can be obtained from The Open Group Library here. (You will be required to register for a free web ID if you do not already have one.)

For details see the resources at www.opengroup.org/xsd/archimate/3.0

An FAQ with further information is available at: www.opengroup.org/subjectareas/enterprise/archimate/model-exchange-file-format.


ArchiMate® Standard Training Materials V3 Edition

Training Materials for Trainers

The Open Group training courseware for ArchiMate 3 and the ArchiMate 3 Certification for People Conformance Requirements is available, for details see here

 


Project Harmony Publishes Four White Papers

The TOGAF® Framework and ArchiMate® Modeling Language Harmonization project has published four White Papers:

All four can be downloaded from here (select the ZIP file link).