ArchiMate — Version-Neutral Framework Identity
Release: 2026-08-13
- Modified on: 2026-08-13
- This version:
- https://meta.linked.archi/archimate/framework/0.1.0#
- Revision:
- 0.1.0
- Authors:
- Kalin Maldzhanski
- Publisher:
- Linked.Archi
- Source:
- https://www.opengroup.org/archimate-forum
- See also:
- https://meta.linked.archi/archimate3/metamodel#
- https://meta.linked.archi/archimate4/metamodel#
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- Kalin Maldzhanski. ArchiMate — Version-Neutral Framework Identity. Revision: 0.1.0. Retrieved from: https://meta.linked.archi/archimate/framework/0.1.0#
ArchiMate — Version-Neutral Framework Identity: Overview back to ToC
This ontology has the following classes and properties.Annotation Properties
- based on framework
- created
- creator
- definition
- description
- editorial note
- license
- modified
- pref label
- preferred namespace prefix
- preferred namespace uri
- publisher
- scope note
- source
- status
- title
- was derived from
Named Individuals
ArchiMate — Version-Neutral Framework Identity: Description back to ToC
The single arch:Framework individual for ArchiMate the language, as distinct from ArchiMate 3.2 and ArchiMate 4.0 the releases. It exists because there was no way to ask a version-independent question. Each version's manifest declared its own :ArchiMateFramework in its own namespace — archimate3/metamodel#ArchiMateFramework and archimate4/metamodel#ArchiMateFramework — with a version in its label, so "ArchiMate, the language" had two IRIs that nothing related, and the natural query returned nothing: SELECT ?model WHERE { ?model arch:modelConformsToMetamodel/arch:basedOnFramework ?fw . FILTER(?fw = amfw:ArchiMateFramework) } Consumers had to enumerate the metamodels instead — VALUES ?mm { ammm:ArchiMate3.2 am4mm:ArchiMate4 } — an explicit list that grows with every release. This file lives at modelingLanguages/archimate/, above the 3.2/ and 4.0/ version directories, and its namespace carries no version, because that is what it is for. Nothing release-specific belongs here: version detail stays on the arch:Metamodel instances, which is where it was already correct. A model still conforms to ArchiMate 3.2, not to ArchiMate in general.Cross-reference for ArchiMate — Version-Neutral Framework Identity classes, object properties and data properties back to ToC
This section provides details for each class and property defined by ArchiMate — Version-Neutral Framework Identity.Annotation Properties
- based on framework
- created
- creator
- definition
- description
- editorial note
- license
- modified
- pref label
- preferred namespace prefix
- preferred namespace uri
- publisher
- scope note
- source
- status
- title
- was derived from
based on frameworkap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: https://meta.linked.archi/core#basedOnFramework
createdap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
creatorap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator
definitionap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#definition
descriptionap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/description
editorial noteap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#editorialNote
licenseap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://creativecommons.org/ns#license
modifiedap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified
pref labelap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#prefLabel
preferred namespace prefixap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespacePrefix
preferred namespace uriap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/vocab/vann/preferredNamespaceUri
publisherap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher
scope noteap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#scopeNote
sourceap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/source
statusap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/status
titleap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/title
was derived fromap back to ToC or Annotation Property ToC
IRI: http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#wasDerivedFrom
Named Individuals
ArchiMateni back to ToC or Named Individual ToC
IRI: https://meta.linked.archi/archimate/framework#ArchiMateFramework
- belongs to
- framework c
Legend back to ToC
Acknowledgments back to ToC
The authors would like to thank Silvio Peroni for developing LODE, a Live OWL Documentation Environment, which is used for representing the Cross Referencing Section of this document and Daniel Garijo for developing Widoco, the program used to create the template used in this documentation.