Modelling enterprise architectures: an approach based on linking metaphors and ontologies

Authors:
Gerald R. Khoury;Simeon J. Simoff;John Debenham
Affiliations:
Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway NSW, Australia;Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway NSW, Australia;Institute for Information and Communication Technologies, University of Technology Sydney, Broadway NSW, Australia
Venue:
AOW '05 Proceedings of the 2005 Australasian Ontology Workshop - Volume 58
Year:
2005

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Abstract

This paper describes a new approach to modelling enterprise architectures. By viewing enterprise models as metaphors and then linking these metaphors, in a structured way, to ontologies, we propose that unified languages can be developed to describe a wide variety of enterprise structures. This overcomes a serious shortcoming with contemporary approaches to enterprise modelling. This approach is operationalised and applied to develop a new unified modelling language that demonstrates the application of this methodology.