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Gonçalo Antunes | Zendy; Marzieh Bakhshandeh | Zendy; Rudolf Mayer | Zendy; José Borbinha | Zendy; Artur Caetano | Zendy

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Using Ontologies for Enterprise Architecture Integration and Analysis

Author(s) -

Gonçalo Antunes,

Marzieh Bakhshandeh,

Rudolf Mayer,

José Borbinha,

Artur Caetano

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

complex systems informatics and modeling quarterly

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2255-9922

DOI - 10.7250/csimq.2014-1.01

Subject(s) - computer science , enterprise architecture , enterprise architecture framework , software engineering , enterprise modelling , enterprise integration , nist enterprise architecture model , enterprise architecture management , business architecture , view model , traceability , functional software architecture , ontology , architecture , knowledge management , programming language , enterprise software , business process , software architecture , engineering , art , philosophy , software , compatibility (geochemistry) , visual arts , epistemology , chemical engineering

Enterprise architecture facilitates the alignment between different domains, such as business, applications and information technology. These domains must be described with description languages that best address the concerns of its stakeholders. However, current model-based enterprise architecture techniques are unable to integrate multiple descriptions languages either due to the lack of suitable extension mechanisms or because they lack the means to maintain the coherence, consistency and traceability between the representations of the multiple domains of the enterprise. On the other hand, enterprise architecture models are often designed and used for communication and not for automated analysis of its contents. Model analysis is a valuable tool for assessing the qualities of a model, such as conformance and completeness, and also for supporting decision making. This paper addresses these two issues found in model-based enterprise architecture: (1) the integration of domain description languages, and (2) the automated analysis of models. This proposal uses ontology engineering techniques to specify and integrate the different domains and reasoning and querying as a means to analyse the models. The utility of the proposal is shown through an evaluation scenario that involve the analysis of an enterprise architecture model that spans multiple domains.

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