TY - GEN
T1 - Towards an investigation of the conceptual landscape of enterprise architecture
AU - Van Der Linden, D. J.T.
AU - Hoppenbrouwers, S. J.B.A.
AU - Lartseva, A.
AU - Proper, H. A.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - In this paper we discuss our preliminary work on clarifying the conceptual landscape of Enterprise Architecture. We do so to aid in the integration of conceptual models originating from different communities (of language users, concerns, viewpoints etc.). We propose that discovering the basic ontological structure used by these communities is necessary for the effective integration of models, and that different communities have a distinguishable different central understanding of some categories in their ontology. Our initial results include the description and categorization analysis of several languages and methods used in EA (as used by their creators), which suggest a prototype structure reflecting a community's focus.
AB - In this paper we discuss our preliminary work on clarifying the conceptual landscape of Enterprise Architecture. We do so to aid in the integration of conceptual models originating from different communities (of language users, concerns, viewpoints etc.). We propose that discovering the basic ontological structure used by these communities is necessary for the effective integration of models, and that different communities have a distinguishable different central understanding of some categories in their ontology. Our initial results include the description and categorization analysis of several languages and methods used in EA (as used by their creators), which suggest a prototype structure reflecting a community's focus.
KW - enterprise architecture
KW - integration
KW - model
KW - ontology
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79960311181
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-21759-3_38
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-21759-3_38
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960311181
SN - 9783642217586
T3 - Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
SP - 526
EP - 535
BT - Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 12th International Conference, BPMDS 2011 and 16th International Conference, EMMSAD 2011 held at CAiSE 2011, Proceedings
PB - Springer
ER -