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Authors: Aurona Gerber ; Paula Kotzé and Alta van der Merwe

Affiliation: School of Information Technology, North-West University, South Africa

Keyword(s): Formal ontologies, TOGAF content metamodel, Enterprise architecture, Conceptual model, Metamodel.

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Abstract: Metamodels are abstractions that are used to specify characteristics of models. Such metamodels are generally included in specifications or framework descriptions. A metamodel is for instance used to inform the generation of enterprise architecture content in the Open Group’s TOGAF 9 Content Metamodel description. However. the description of metamodels is usually done in an ad-hoc manner with customised languages and this often results in ambiguities and inconsistencies. We are concerned with the question of how the quality of metamodel descriptions, specifically within the enterprise architecture domain, could be enhanced. Therefore we investigated whether formal ontology technologies could be used to enhance metamodel construction, specification and design. For this research, we constructed a formal ontology for the TOGAF 9 Content Metamodel, and in the process, gained valuable insight into metamodel quality. In particular, the current TOGAF 9 Content Metamodel contains ambiguities and inconsistencies, which could be eliminated using ontology technologies. In this paper we argue for the integration of formal ontologies and ontology technologies as tools into metamodel construction and specification. Ontologies allow for the construction of complex conceptual models, but more significant, ontologies can assist an architect by depicting all the consequences of a model, allowing for more precise and complete artifacts within enterprise architectures, and because these models use standardized languages, they should promote integration and interoperability. (More)

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Gerber, A.; Kotzé, P. and van der Merwe, A. (2010). TOWARDS THE FORMALISATION OF THE TOGAF CONTENT METAMODEL USING ONTOLOGIES. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS; ISBN 978-989-8425-05-8; ISSN 2184-4992, SciTePress, pages 54-64. DOI: 10.5220/0002903200540064

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title={TOWARDS THE FORMALISATION OF THE TOGAF CONTENT METAMODEL USING ONTOLOGIES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS},
year={2010},
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TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 5: ICEIS
TI - TOWARDS THE FORMALISATION OF THE TOGAF CONTENT METAMODEL USING ONTOLOGIES
SN - 978-989-8425-05-8
IS - 2184-4992
AU - Gerber, A.
AU - Kotzé, P.
AU - van der Merwe, A.
PY - 2010
SP - 54
EP - 64
DO - 10.5220/0002903200540064
PB - SciTePress