?Cooking up a MEAL: Creating a Meta Enterprise Architecture Language

This paper presents the case for, and work on, the creation of a Meta Enterprise Architecture Language (MEAL), realised as a domain specific language for the definition, population, maintenance, manipulation, representation and analysis of enterprise architecture models and meta models. The English-like textual language is intended as a high level API to architecture modeling and repository services, both for internal use within tools and external use between tools. Requirements for such a language are identified and work on a proof of concept implementation using the Squeak dialect of Smalltalk is described. A subset of the language syntax is presented. It is intended that the language, after initial proof of concept, will be placed in the public domain and eventually become a standard.

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Integrated Meta Model for Enterprise Modelling including Strategy, Business Architecture, Risk and Change

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The paper describes the development of an integrated meta model capable of supporting a variety of approaches in strategy and business architecture, including TOGAF®, ArchiMate®, Zachman, MEMO, Inspired and others. It describes the sources of concepts, relationships and properties; the modelling approach and rationale and the resultant model, which has proven effective in support of multiple business transformation projects. The model integrates strategy, contextual factors and business architecture elements as well as interfacing to implementation architectures, enterprise risk and programme management. It leverages a multi-level meta modelling approach to overcome challenges of prior meta models. Advantages and challenges related to a large integrated model are discussed and suggestions made for dealing with these challenges.

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Enterprise Design and Engineering / Practice of Enterprise Modeling Forum, Vienna, Austria

?Facilitating Design and Use of Effective Visual Languages in Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems

Enterprise modelling and information systems work often relies heavily on graphical models expressed in visual languages to concisely capture, rigorously model and effectively convey meaning between stakeholders. Recent research has highlighted problems with the effectiveness of popular modelling notations. A physics of notations (PoN) was proposed to address these issues. Application of the PoN has not proven routinely successful. Models are often constructed by experts, but must be well received by non-experts to achieve their goals. This research contends that recent information from the fields of cognition, visualisation and graphic design can be exploited to enhance the return on modelling effort (ROME) and the value of models. Improved meta models, methods for visual language design and enhanced tools can support the definition and use of effective visual languages and the application of the PoN and derivatives.

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?Practice of Enterprise Modelling (PoEM), Doctoral Consortium Papers

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