Documentation: An Architecture State groups a set of related architectures in a particular context or configuration. Such contexts could be temporal, e.g. reflecting architectures that are valid today or in the future. Equally, this context could represent the set of architectures required to achieve a particular goal. Naming of Architecture States is important. Architecture States should be named for the configuration of architectures that they group. What does this state do for the organisation? Avoid names such as 'Current State' or 'Future State' as these Architecture States can be used in different contexts.

Superclasses

• Strategy_Management

Subclasses

• None

Types

• :ESSENTIAL-CLASS

Template Slots
	Slot Name	Documentation	Type	Cardinality	Min/Max	Default	Template Value
	arch_state_application_conceptual	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Application Conceptual layer in an Architecture State	Application_Conceptual	0:*
	arch_state_application_logical	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Application Logical Layer in an Architecture State	Application_Logical	0:*
	arch_state_application_physical	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Application Physical layer in an Architecture State	Application_Physical	0:*
	arch_state_application_relations	Slot to capture the Application Relationship instances (e.g. Application to Process relationships) that are in an Architecture State	Application_Relationship, :Application_Relationship	0:*
	arch_state_business_conceptual	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Business Conceptual Layer in an Architecture State	Business_Conceptual	0:*
	arch_state_business_logical	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Business Logical Layer in an Architecture State	Business_Logical, Business_Service_Quality_Value, Business_Service_Quality, APP_FUN_TO_BUS_RELATION, APP_FUNIMPL_TO_BUS_RELATION, APP_APP_TO_BUS_RELATION, APP_SVC_TO_BUS_RELATION, BUSPROCTYPE_TO_INFOVIEW_RELATION, ACTOR_TO_ROLE_RELATION	0:*
	arch_state_business_physical	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Business Physical layer in an Architecture State	Business_Physical, APP_PRO_TO_PHYS_BUS_RELATION, PHYSBUSPROC_TO_APPINFOREP_RELATION	0:*
	arch_state_business_relations	Slot to capture the Business Relationship instances (e.g. Actor to Role relationships) that are in an Architecture State	Business_Relationship	0:*
	arch_state_information_conceptual	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Information Conceptual layer in an Architecture State	Information_Conceptual	0:*
	arch_state_information_logical	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Information Logical layer in an Architecture State	Information_Logical	0:*
	arch_state_information_relations	Slot to capture the Information Relationship instances (e.g. Information used by Application relationships) that are in an Architecture State	Information_Relationship, APP_TO_INFO_RELATION	0:*
	arch_state_objectives	The strategic objectives that are met by achieving the architecture state	Information_Architecture_Objective, Business_Objective, Application_Architecture_Objective, Technology_Architecture_Objective	0:*
	arch_state_physical_information	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Information Physical layer in an Architecture State	Information_Physical	0:*
	arch_state_security_management	Slot to capture the elements related to security management in an Architecture State. Choose a relevant concrete instance, e.g. Security Principle, Security Policy etc.	Security_Management	0:*
	arch_state_strategy_management	Slot to group the set of strategic assumptions, constraints and requirements in an Architecture State	Strategy_Management	0:*
	arch_state_technology_conceptual	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Technology Conceptual layer in an Architecture State	Technology_Conceptual	0:*
	arch_state_technology_logical	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Technology Logical Layer in an Architecture State	Technology_Logical, :Technology_Relationship	0:*
	arch_state_technology_physical	Slot to group the set of architectures from the Technology Physical layer in an Architecture State	Technology_Physical	0:*
	arch_state_technology_relations	Slot to capture the Technology Relationship instances (e.g. technology dependencies in a logical technology architecture) that are in an Architecture State	:Technology_Relationship	0:*
	as_contained_in_roadmaps	The Roadmaps that contain the Architecture State	Roadmap	0:*
	budgets_for_element	The budgets defined for this element	Budget	0:*
	commentary	Defines a set of comments that can be associated with an instance. Uses the Commentary instances to enable multi-language translations of each comment.	Commentary	0:*
	coord_x	The x-coordinate attribute of an object in a graphical model	Integer	0:1
	coord_y	The y-coordinate attribute of an object in a graphical model	Integer	0:1
	costs_for_element	Defines costs that are associated with the current element	Cost	0:*
	description	A meaningful description of the element and its purpose in the model.	String	0:1
	ea_adhoc_dependencies	High level descriptions of dependencies that exist for this EA element	Adhoc_Dependency	0:*
	ea_assumptions	Assumptions that are associated with this element	Assumption	0:*
	ea_business_continuity_profile	Defines the current business continuity posture for this element	Business_Continuity_Profile	0:1
	ea_diagrams	The graphical diagrams associatd with this EA element	Diagram	0:*
	ea_innovation_opportunity_spaces		Innovation_Opportunity_Space	0:*
	ea_notes	Abitrary notes that have been made against the element	String	0:1
	ea_principle_compliance_assessments		Principle_Compliance_Assessment	0:*
	ea_reference	A human readable, unique and universal reference for the element	String	0:1
	ea_requirements	The issues or needs associated with this element	Strategic_Requirement	0:*
	ea_risks	The risks that have been associated with this element	Risk	0:*
	ea_scope	Supports the arbitrary scoping of an EA element by other EA elements, e.g. Org, Geo, Brand etc.	EA_Class	0:*
	ea_security_profile	Represents the current security posture of this EA element	Security_Profile	0:1
	ea_subject_of_roadmap	The Roadmap representing a set of Strategic Plans scoped to this EA element	Roadmap	0:1
	ea_subject_to_regulations	The Regulations that are relevant to this element	REGULATED_COMPONENT_RELATION	0:*
	element_classified_by	Slot to capture the classification(s) that apply to an element in the ontology. Add this slot to any class that is to be managed by a Taxonomy.	Taxonomy_Term	0:*
	element_styling_classes	Slot to define styling classes that are to be applied to an element, e.g. in Essential Viewer	Element_Style	0:*
	end_date	The date until which this architecture is relevant to the enterprise	Time	0:1
	end_date_iso_8601	The date until which this architecture is relevant to the enterprise in ISO 8601 format (yyyy-mm-dd)	String	0:1
	external_reference_links	Slot to manage the set of external reference links to an EA_Class instance. Normally, create a new instance.	External_Reference_Link	0:*
	external_repository_instance_reference	Holds a set of references to this instance that are used in external repositories	External_Instance_Reference	0:*
	impacting_change_activities	Change activities that impact this element	Change_Activity	0:*
	impacting_decisions	Any Decisions that have been made with regards to this element	Decision	0:*
	lifecycle_model_for_element	The Lifecycle Model of the element in focus.	Lifecycle_Model	0:*
	name	A descriptive name of the element in the model.\n(NOTE: A unique, internal reference is managed separately by the system.)	String	1:1
	performance_measures	The measures of performance that have been captured for the EA element	Performance_Measure	0:*
	revenues_for_element	Defines the revenues directly deiivered by this element	Revenue	0:*
	scale_x	The x-dimension scale attribute of an object in a graphical model	Float	0:1
	scale_y	The y-dimension scale attribute of an object in a graphical model	Float	0:1
	short_description	A brief description of the EA element	String	0:1
	short_name	An abbreviatted short name for the EA element	String	0:1
	sl_security_classifications	The security classifications assigned to this management/supporting element in the context of the enterprise	Security_Classification	0:*
	stakeholders	Define the stakeholders for the element. Specific stakeholders are defined in terms of an ACTOR_TO_ROLE_RELATION. Alternatively, the type of relevant stakeholders can be defined in terms of a Business_Role.	ACTOR_TO_ROLE_RELATION, Business_Role	0:*
	start_date	The date from which this architecture is relevant to the enterprise	Time	0:1
	start_date_iso_8601	The date from which this architecture is relevant to the enterprise in ISO 8601 format (yyyy-mm-dd)	String	0:1
	strategy_contained_in_arch_state	The architecture states that contain this strategy management element	Architecture_State	0:*
	superseded_by_versions	Slot to capture the instance or instances that represent the next version of this instance	EA_Class, :EA_Graph_Relation, EA_Relation	0:*
	supersedes_version	Slot to capture the instance of which this instance is a new version. i.e. Use this slot to define the instance that represents the previous version of the element being considered. Allowed classes must always be a single class of the same type as the domain. e.g. a Technology_Product can only supersede another Technology_Product.	Architecture_State	0:1
	supersedes_versions	Slot to capture the instances for which this instance is a new version. i.e. Use this slot to define the instance that represents the previous version of the element being considered. Allowed classes must always be a single class of the same type as the domain. e.g. a Technology_Product can only supersede another Technology_Product.	EA_Class, EA_Relation, :EA_Graph_Relation	0:*
	synonyms	Alternative names by which this element is known	Synonym	0:*
	system_author_id	Used to identify the creator of the element	String	0:1
	system_content_lifecycle_status	Defines the lifecycle status of an EA element in support of content approval	SYS_CONTENT_APPROVAL_STATUS	1:1		SimpleInstance(essential_baseline_6.5.4_Class67 of [Cls(SYS_CONTENT_APPROVAL_STATUS)])
	system_content_quality_last_reviewed_datetime_iso8601	The date and time that the content quality of this element was reviewed	String	0:1
	system_content_quality_last_reviewer_id	The id of the person that most recently reviewed the content quality of this element	String	0:1
	system_content_quality_reviews	The content quality reviews that have been undertaken against this element	SYS_CONTENT_QUALITY_REVIEW	0:*
	system_content_quality_status	The current content quality status of this element	SYS_CONTENT_QUALITY_STATUS	0:1		SimpleInstance(store_55_Class0 of [Cls(SYS_CONTENT_QUALITY_STATUS)])
	system_content_visibility	Defines the visibility of an EA element, e.g. individual, specific group, everyone	SYS_CONTENT_VISIBILITY	1:1		SimpleInstance(essential_baseline_6.5.4_Class68 of [Cls(SYS_CONTENT_VISIBILITY)])
	system_creation_datetime_iso8601	The date and time at which this element was created	String	0:1
	system_ea_reference_instance_counter	A unique number that is used in derived ea references where this instance forms part of teh relationship path	Integer	0:1		0
	system_is_published	Slot to control whether an instance is ready to be published in Essential Viewer, or not. Defaults to true.	Boolean	0:1		true
	system_last_modified_author_id	The id of the user that most recently modified the instance	String	0:1
	system_last_modified_datetime_iso8601	The date and time at which the element was most recently modified	String	0:1
	system_security_edit_classification	Defines the security classification that has been assigned to an element of the repository for EDIT access	EA_Content_Classification	0:*
	system_security_read_classification	Defines the security classification that has been assigned to an element of the repository for READ access	EA_Content_Classification	0:*
	target_performance_measures	The Performance Measures that are defined as targets for this element	Performance_Measure	0:*

Own Slots
	Slot Name	Value
	essential_id	cl115
	synonyms
	system_ea_reference_auto_create_schema
	system_essential_class_content_quality_review_policy
	system_essential_class_slot_priorities
	system_security_edit_classification
	system_security_read_classification
	:DIRECT-INSTANCES
	:DIRECT-SUBCLASSES
	:DIRECT-SUPERCLASSES	Strategy_Management
	:DIRECT-TEMPLATE-SLOTS	start_date_iso_8601, arch_state_technology_physical, arch_state_technology_relations, arch_state_physical_information, end_date_iso_8601, arch_state_application_physical, arch_state_information_relations, arch_state_business_physical, arch_state_technology_logical, arch_state_application_conceptual, arch_state_technology_conceptual, arch_state_objectives, arch_state_business_logical, arch_state_security_management, arch_state_information_logical, start_date, arch_state_business_relations, arch_state_information_conceptual, arch_state_application_relations, arch_state_business_conceptual, as_contained_in_roadmaps, arch_state_application_logical, end_date, arch_state_strategy_management
	:DIRECT-TYPE	:ESSENTIAL-CLASS
	:DOCUMENTATION	An Architecture State groups a set of related architectures in a particular context or configuration. Such contexts could be temporal, e.g. reflecting architectures that are valid today or in the future. Equally, this context could represent the set of architectures required to achieve a particular goal. Naming of Architecture States is important. Architecture States should be named for the configuration of architectures that they group. What does this state do for the organisation? Avoid names such as 'Current State' or 'Future State' as these Architecture States can be used in different contexts.
	:NAME	Architecture_State
	:ROLE	Concrete
	:SLOT-CONSTRAINTS

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