Preface
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This Document
This document is a Guide to the ArchiMate Model Exchange File Format. It has been developed and approved by The Open Group.
The high-level structure of this document is summarized as follows:
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Chapter 1, Introduction includes the objectives and overview, conformance requirements, normative references, and terminology definitions
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Chapter 2, Use Cases describes the primary use case for this version of the exchange file format and discusses additional use cases, such as exchange of partial models or updates to existing models
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Chapter 3, Optionality describes optionality in the exchange file format, and the consequences of that
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Chapter 4, Properties describes a mechanism for defining referenceable property definitions
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Chapter 5, Representing Graphical Nodes describes how graphical nodes are represented
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Chapter 6, Representing Graphical Connections describes how graphical connections are represented
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Chapter 7, Organizations describes how organizations of objects are represented
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Chapter 8, Metadata describes how Dublin Core™ Metadata is represented
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Chapter 9, XSD Schema describes the XSD schema for this version of the exchange file format
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Chapter 10, Testing Resources describes where to find resources for interoperability testing
The audience for this document is developers and users of the ArchiMate Exchange File Format.