An Ontology-Based Semantics for the Motivation Extension to ArchiMate

2011 IEEE 15th International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference Pub Date : 2011-08-29 DOI:10.1109/EDOC.2011.29

Carlos L. B. Azevedo, J. P. Almeida, M. V. Sinderen, D. Quartel, G. Guizzardi

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The "motivation domain" of an Enterprise Architecture addresses objectives in a broad scope ranging from high-level statements expressing the goals of an enterprise to declarations of requirements on business processes, services and systems. An important development regarding the incorporation of the motivation domain in a comprehensive Enterprise Architecture modeling language is the upcoming Motivational Extension to ArchiMate (based on the ARMOR language). The extension proposes the inclusion of concepts such as concerns, assessments, goals, principles and requirements to ArchiMate. We believe that careful definition of the semantics of these concepts is required, especially when considering that the motivation domain addresses subjective aspects of the enterprise. To address that, this paper focuses on an ontology-based semantics for the Motivation Extension. We interpret the concepts by using the Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO) as a semantic domain, and, as a result, propose well-founded recommendations for improvements of the extension.

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基于本体的动机扩展语义

企业架构的“动机域”处理的目标范围很广，从表示企业目标的高级语句到对业务流程、服务和系统的需求声明。关于在全面的企业架构建模语言中合并动机域的一个重要发展是即将到来的对ArchiMate的动机扩展(基于ARMOR语言)。该扩展建议将诸如关注、评估、目标、原则和要求等概念纳入ArchiMate。我们认为需要仔细定义这些概念的语义，特别是考虑到动机领域涉及企业的主观方面时。为了解决这个问题，本文重点研究了基于本体的动机扩展语义。我们通过使用统一基础本体(UFO)作为语义域来解释这些概念，并因此为扩展的改进提出了有充分根据的建议。

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