Archives: Templates

Templates and model types in the QualiWare platform.

Application Process : ArchiMate

An application process represents a sequence of application behaviors that achieves a specific outcome.

An application process describes the internal behavior performed by an application component that is required to realize a set of services. For a (human or automated) consumer the services are relevant and the required behavior is merely a black box, hence the designation “internal”.

An application process may realize application services. Other application services may serve (be used by) an application process. An application process may access data objects. An application component may be assigned to an application process (which means that this component performs the process). The name of an application process should clearly identify a series of application behaviors; e.g., “Claims adjudication process”, or “General ledger update job”.

Properties:

Property Metamodel name Description
Short description ShortDescription
Implements Implements Links to: All templates.
BreaksDownTo BreaksDownTo Links to: All templates.

Application Interface ArchiMate

An application interface specifies how the functionality of a component can be accessed by other elements. An application interface exposes application services to the environment. The same application service may be exposed through different interfaces, and the same interface may expose multiple services.

In a sense, an application interface specifies a kind of contract that a component exposing this interface must fulfill. This may include parameters, protocols used, pre- and post-conditions, and data formats.

An application interface may be part of an application component through composition, which means that these interfaces are provided by that component, and can serve other application components. An application interface can be assigned to application services, which means that the interface exposes these services to the environment. The name of an application interface should preferably be a noun.

Properties:

Property Metamodel name Description
Short description ShortDescription
Implements Implements Links to: All templates.
BreaksDownTo BreaksDownTo Links to: All templates.

Application Interaction : ArchiMate

An application interaction represents a unit of collective application behavior performed by (a collaboration of) two or more application components.

An application interaction describes the collective behavior that is performed by the components that participate in an application collaboration. This may, for example, include the communication pattern between these components. An application interaction can also specify the externally visible behavior needed to realize an application service. The details of the interaction between the application components involved in an application interaction can be expressed during the detailed application design using, for example, a UML interaction diagram.

An application collaboration may be assigned to an application interaction. An application interaction may realize an application service. Application services and technology services may serve an application interaction. An application interaction may access data objects. The name of an application interaction should clearly identify a series of application behaviors; e.g., “Client profile creation” or “Update customer records”.

Properties:

Property Metamodel name Description
Short description ShortDescription
Implements Implements Links to: All templates.
BreaksDownTo BreaksDownTo Links to: All templates.

Application Function : ArchiMate

An application function represents automated behavior that can be performed by an application component.

An application function describes the internal behavior of an application component. If this behavior is exposed externally, this is done through one or more services. An application function abstracts from the way it is implemented. Only the necessary behavior is specified.

An application function may realize one or more application services. Application services of other application functions and technology services may serve an application function. An application function may access data objects. An application component may be assigned to an application function (which means that the application component performs the application function). The name of an application function should preferably be a verb ending with “ing”; e.g., “accounting”.

Properties:

Property Metamodel name Description
Short description ShortDescription  
Implements Implements Links to: All templates.
BreaksDownTo BreaksDownTo Links to: All templates.

Application Collaboration : ArchiMate

An application collaboration represents an aggregate of two or more application components that work together to perform collective application behavior.

An application collaboration specifies which components cooperate to perform some task. The collaborative behavior, including, for example, the communication pattern of these components, is modeled by an application interaction. An application collaboration typically models a logical or temporary collaboration of application components, and does not exist as a separate entity in the enterprise.

Application collaboration is a specialization of component, and aggregates two or more (cooperating) application components. An application collaboration is an active structure element that may be assigned to one or more application interactions or other application internal behavior elements, which model the associated behavior. An application interface may serve an application collaboration, and an application collaboration may be composed of application interfaces. The name of an application collaboration should preferably be a noun.

Properties:

Property Metamodel name Description
Short description ShortDescription
Implements Implements Links to: All templates.
BreaksDownTo BreaksDownTo Links to: All templates.

Aggregation ArchiMate

Aggregation:ArchiMate is a connector. It indicates that an element groups a number of other concepts.

The aggregation relationship has been inspired by the aggregation relationship in UML class diagrams. In contrast to the composition relationship, an object can be part of more than one aggregation.

An aggregation relationship is always allowed between two instances of the same element type.

In addition to this, the metamodel explicitly defines other source and target elements that may be connected by an aggregation relationship.

 

Properties:

Property Metamodel name Description
Short description ShortDescription  
Implements Implements Links to: All templates.
BreaksDownTo BreaksDownTo Links to: All templates.

Activity Partition

An activity partition is the UMLs version of a Swimlane or Role. An activity partition can for example be used to group a set of call actions.

 

Properties

ActivityPartition properties

The ActivityPartition tab

Property

Metamodel name

Description
Visibility Visibility The visibility of the class for other components.
Horizontal Horizontal Initial value is on.
isDimension isDimension Initial value is off.
isExternal isExternal Initial value is off.

 

The Extensions tab

Property

Metamodel name

Description
Stereotype Stereotype Links to: Stereotype.
Constraints HasConstraints A reference to a named rule that extends the semantics of the component.
Links to: Constraint.
Tagged values HasTaggedValues The set of tagged values that extends the properties of this component.
Links to: TagDefinition.

Activity Parameter Node

Activity parameter nodes are object nodes at the beginning and end of flows that provide a means to accept inputs to an activity and provide outputs from the activity, through the activity parameters.

Properties

ActivityParameterNode properties

The ActivityParameterNode tab

Property

Metamodel name

Description
Visibility Visibility The visibility of the class for other components.
Leaf isLeaf Initial value is off.
Type Type Links to: Class.
isControlType isControlType Initial value is off.
Ordering Ordering Choices are:
unordered
ordered
LIFO
FIFO
Selection Selection Links to: InteractionOverviewDiagram, SequenceDiagram, StateMachineDiagram, Activity, TimingDiagram, ActivityDiagram, CommunicationDiagram.
UpperBound UpperBound
Parameter parameter Links to: Parameter.

The Extensions tab

Property

Metamodel name

Description
Stereotype Stereotype Links to: Stereotype.
Constraints HasConstraints A reference to a named rule that extends the semantics of the component.
Links to: Constraint.
Tagged values HasTaggedValues The set of tagged values that extends the properties of this component.
Links to: TagDefinition.

Activity Final Node

The Activity Final Node is a visualization of an end used in a UML interaction overview diagram or activity diagram. It represents the finish point in the diagram.

Properties

The ActivityFinalNode tab

Property Metamodel name Description
Visibility Visibility The visibility of the class for other components.
Leaf isLeaf Initial value is off.

The Extensions tab

Property Metamodel name Description
Stereotype Stereotype Links to: Stereotype.
Constraints HasConstraints A reference to a named rule that extends the semantics of the component.
Links to: Constraint.
Tagged values HasTaggedValues The set of tagged values that extends the properties of this component.
Links to: TagDefinition.

 

 

Active Directory Sync Setup

The ActiveDirectorySyncSetup template is a system template previously used to synchronize objects between the active directory and QLM. This however is now done in QEF or via the tools menu: