ArchiMate support

The table below presents Modelio BA - Enterprise Architect's support of the ArchiMate standard.

Please note that wherever there is a discrepancy between names, TOGAF terms have been chosen over ArchiMate terms.
Notations are primarily based on the UML and BPMN standards.

ArchiMate notion	Enterprise Architect notion	Comments	Notation
Business Layer
Business actor	Actor	Internal actor and external actor
Business role	Role
Business collaboration	Business collaboration
Business interface		No real usage identified
Location	Location	Headquarters and sites
Business object	Business entity
Business process	Business process
Business function	Function
Business interaction	Business interaction
Business event	Event
Business service	Business service
Representation		No real usage identified
Meaning	Term	This notion is little developed in ArchiMate, but extensively developed in the Modelio "dictionary"
Value	Value factor on Function
Product	Product	TOGAF semantics supported
Contract	Service contract	Pre-conditions, post-conditions, invariant
Architecture Layer
Application component	Application component	Modelio BA - Enterprise Architect breaks components down using component typology to facilitate sound SOA structuring
Application collaboration	Application collaboration
Application interface	Required or provided services
Data object	Entity
Application function		No real usage identified. Antinomic TOGAF and SOA.
Application interaction		UML interaction on collaboration
Application service	Information service
Technical Layer
Node	Node	Generic element
Device	Server, workstation, ...	More detailed list on Modelio BA - Enterprise Architect
Network	Bus
Communication path	Network link
Infrastructure interface	Port
System software	Utility component
Infrastructure function		No real usage identified. Antinomic TOGAF and SOA.
Infrastructure service	IS service
Artifact	Technology artifact
Relationships
Association	Association
Access	Flow
Use by	Consumes	"Consumes" is reserved for actors. For other elements, backwards "supports" links.
Realization	Component realization	Specialized in Modelio BA - Enterprise Architect on components
Assignment	Initiator of; participates in; owner of	Modelio BA - Enterprise Architect provides more specialized links
Aggregation	Aggregation
Composition	Composition
Flow	Flow
Triggering	Flow
Grouping		Packages and embedding
Junction		BPMN junction
Specialization	Generalization
Extensions (motivation)
Language extension mechanisms	Profiles, MDA
Driver, Goal	Goals	Detailed by specific properties and diagrams in Modelio. The distinction between Driver and Goal can be made through different "containers" or by using specific properties.
Requirement	Requirements	Detailed by specific properties and diagrams in Modelio
Aggregation	Part
Realization	Satisfies	OMG SysML norm
Influence	+influence; -influence
Aggregation	Aggregation
Deployment		Modelio BA - Enterprise Architect enables application components to be directly deployed on nodes.