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Enterprise Architect => Suggestions and Requests => Topic started by: William McKenzie on February 09, 2012, 08:51:22 am

Title: Archimate 2.0
Post by: William McKenzie on February 09, 2012, 08:51:22 am

Now that the spec. for Archimate 2.0 has been released, it would great to update the Archimate template to support the new extensions.

Title: Re: Archimate 2.0
Post by: Glassboy on February 09, 2012, 10:55:42 am

Seconded.

Title: Re: Archimate 2.0
Post by: rsipin on February 23, 2012, 06:07:35 am

Completely agree!

Title: Re: Archimate 2.0
Post by: Sunshine on February 23, 2012, 07:07:37 am

Me too  ;D

Title: Re: Archimate 2.0
Post by: Thelonius on February 23, 2012, 09:05:03 am

Yes, that would be wonderful, wouldn't it? Don't hold your breath. The Sparx implementation of ArchiMate needs a re-think. The ArchiMate meta model is strongly typed, especially the relationships. Sparx EA is UML-centric. UML meta models are relaxed and casual. With the Sparx ArchiMate implementation, you can connect anything to anything, unfortunately. The relationship rules are voluntary, and you have to memorise them. Which is not a good idea. Then there's the quality of the graphics in Sparx. Other ArchiMate tools enforce the strong meta model rules of ArchiMate. Have a look at Archi - which is free, but is being used by professional architects. ArchiMate is looking like a growth skill for solution architects. Sparx should give their support for ArchiMate considered thought. I am the eternal optimist. :)