Archives: Templates

Templates and model types in the QualiWare platform.

Facility : ArchiMate

A physical structure or environment. A facility represents a physical resource that has the capability of facilitating (e.g., housing or locating) the use of equipment. It is typically used to model factories, buildings, or outdoor constructions that have an important role in production or distribution processes. Examples of facilities include a factory, laboratory, warehouse, shopping mall, cave, or spaceship. Facilities may be composite; i.e., consist of sub-facilities. The name of a facility should preferably be a noun referring to the type of facility; e.g., “Rotterdam oil refinery”.

External Entity

External entity refers to an organization or individual that is outside of the boundaries of a specific business and with whom the business interacts. External entities can include customers, suppliers, government agencies, regulatory bodies, and other businesses.

Extend

Extend relationship: The use case is optional and comes after the base use case. It is represented by a dashed arrow in the direction of the base use case with the notation <<extend>>

Expression

Description of this template will be available soon.

Equipment : ArchiMate

One or more physical machines, tools, or instruments that can create, use, store, move, or transform materials.

Equipment comprises all active processing elements that carry out physical processes in which materials (which are a special kind of technology object) are used or transformed. Equipment is a specialization of the node element from the Technology Layer. Therefore, it is possible to model nodes that are formed by a combination of IT infrastructure (devices, system software) and physical infrastructure (equipment); e.g., an MRI scanner at a hospital, a production plant with its control systems, etc. The name of a piece of equipment should preferably be a noun.