Linked.Archi ArchiMate 4.0 Metamodel Definition
type: Ontology
imports: core#
license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
preferred namespace prefix: am4mm
creator: Kalin Maldzhanski
description: Metamodel manifest for ArchiMate 4.0. This file ties together all the ArchiMate 4.0 semantic resources — the element/relationship ontology, SKOS taxonomy, viewpoints, and future SHACL shapes — into a single arch:Metamodel instance. This is the entry point for tools that need to discover all resources that make up the ArchiMate 4.0 modeling language definition.
created: 2026-04-19
modified: 2026-04-29
publisher: Linked.Archi
publisher: linked.archi
status: draft
version IRI: 4.0#
version info: 4.0
source: archimate4-doc

ArchiMate 4.0
type: Framework
definition: The ArchiMate enterprise architecture modeling language, version 4.0, published by The Open Group. ArchiMate 4.0 (the "Hexagonion") replaces the layer-based structure of 3.x with a domain-based organization (Common, Business, Application, Technology, Strategy, Motivation, Implementation & Migration) and merges per-layer behavior elements into single cross-domain concepts.
source: archimate4-doc
publisher: The Open Group

ArchiMate 4.0 Metamodel
type: Metamodel
definition: The complete ArchiMate 4.0 metamodel definition, aggregating the element/relationship ontology, SKOS taxonomy, viewpoints, and future SHACL shapes into a single discoverable resource.
source: archimate4-doc
based on framework: ArchiMate 4.0
model concepts: onto#
concept classification: ArchiMateConceptScheme
architecture viewpoints: viewpoints#
viewpoint library: ViewpointCatalog
formal rules: shapes#
formal rules: element-shapes#
formal rules: principle-shapes#
architecture viewpoints restrictions: viewpoint-shapes#
derivation rules: derivation#
has deliverable template: ArchitectureDefinitionDocument
has deliverable template: ArchitectureRequirementsSpec
has deliverable template: ArchitecturePrinciplesDocument
reference data: ArchiMateReferenceData
reference models: ArchiMateReferenceModels
presentation context scheme: ArchiMatePresentationContexts