Linking business models and technical architecture of Web applications using UML profile

Abstract

Current Web modelling languages fail to adequately support the representation of some aspects of Web systems, particularly higher-level information aspects. Among various aspects, the problem of disconnection between business models and technical architectures and also disconnection between functional architecture and information architecture are particularly focus of our work. Earlier, we have presented a UML profile for representing higher-level information aspects: those we believe, can adequately address the problem of disconnection. In this paper we provide guidelines for mapping our UML profile to various other approaches representing business models and functional aspects of business processes at architectural level. Resultantly. it provides an ability of the profile to form bridges between business models and technical architecture besides integrating functional and information architectural aspects.