This article introduces a modeling language named ArchiMate, which is used primarily for the creation of architecture models within TOGAF. ArchiMate offers an integrated architectural approach that describes and visualizes the different architecture domains and their underlying relationships and dependencies. The article gives illustrations of how different four distinct architectures within TOGAF (Business, Application, Data, and Technology) could be expressed in Archimate. Coming from a non IT background, I found the illustrations very easy to follow and understand for the most part. The key take away is that TOGAF and ArchiMate share their view on the use of viewpoints and the concept of an underlying common repository of architectural artifacts and models; i.e., they have a firm common foundation.
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