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Zachman Framework Metamodel Manifest

Metamodel Manifest

https://meta.linked.archi/zachman/metamodel#

v0.3.0 zachmm: Kalin Maldzhanski Linked.Archi Modified: 2026-02-17 License

Metamodel manifest for the Zachman Framework. Aggregates the taxonomy (6 Aspects, 6 Perspectives, 36 Cells), SHACL validation shapes, and deliverable templates into a single entry point. The Zachman Framework is a classification schema — it does not define element types or viewpoints. It provides a 6x6 grid for classifying descriptive representations produced by other modeling languages.

Based on Framework

Zachman Framework

The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture, created by John Zachman in 1987. A two-dimensional classification schema formed by the intersection of six primitive communication interrogatives and six reification transformations, producing a bounded 6x6 matrix of 36 cells. Each cell represents a primitive descriptive representation of the enterprise. It is not a methodology — it does not prescribe a process for creating artifacts, but rather classifies the complete logical space of descriptive representations of an enterprise.

Constituent Resources

Formal Rules (SHACL Shapes)

shapes

https://meta.linked.archi/zachman/shapes#
Concept Classification (SKOS)

Zachman Framework Classification

https://meta.linked.archi/zachman/tax#
Architecture Viewpoints

viewpoints

https://meta.linked.archi/zachman/viewpoints#
Deliverable Templates

EA Artifact Coverage Report (Zachman)

A coverage report that classifies all architecture artifacts in the knowledge graph by their Zachman perspective (row) and interrogative (column), identifies which cells are populated and which are gaps, and produces a 6x6 coverage matrix. Supports both axis-level classification (perspective + interrogative) and direct cell-level classification. Useful for EA practice maturity assessment and artifact portfolio management.
https://meta.linked.archi/zachman/deliverable-templates#ArtifactCoverageReport
Source: linked-archi-meta • Linked.Archi