Information Architecture Metamodel

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aschoijett
Posts: 26
Joined: 01 Jun 2018, 14:16

HI,
I noticed that there are some inconsistencies between the 2 documents in the Tutorial > Information Modeling
and what I see in Protege has and I'm wondering if someone can help with
a) the missing definitions
b) clear examples of what to model (and not to model) in each class


The gory details are below.

The first of the two documents, say DOC1, that I refer to is:
https://www.enterprise-architecture.org ... e-overview

The second of the two documents, say DOC2, I refer to is:
https://www.enterprise-architecture.org ... o-tutorial

Both documents show a metamodel but the two are different. It may be that DOC2 supersedes DOC1 but the links were not updated, but I don't know. In addition, and even ignoring the abstract classes not described anywhere, Protege has many more classes than those described in any of the documents.

In document DOC1 one can find the following classes:

Conceptual Layer [3 classes]
  • Information Architecture Objective
  • Information Architecture Principle
  • Information Architecture Concept
Logical Layer [2 classes]
  • Information View
  • Information Representation
Physical Layer [1 class]
  • Information Store


In document DOC2 one can find the following classes:

Conceptual Layer [4 classes]
  • Objective
  • Principle
  • Information Concept
  • Data Subject
Logical Layer [4 classes]
  • Information View
  • Information Representation
  • Data Object
  • Data Representation
Physical Layer [2 classes]
  • Information Store
  • Physical Data Object


And finally, in Protege, one can find the following concrete classes:

Conceptual Layer [5 classes]
  • Information Architecture Objective
  • Information Architecture Principle
  • Information Concept
  • Data Subject
  • Information Driver
Logical Layer [11 classes]
  • Information View Usage
  • Information Representation Usage
  • Primitive Data Object
  • Data Object
  • Data Object Attribute
  • Data Representation
  • Data Representation Attribute
  • Information View
  • Information View Attribute
  • Information Representation
  • Information Representation Attribute
Physical Layer [3 classes]
  • Information Store
  • Information Store Group
  • Physical Data Object
sarah.smith
Posts: 56
Joined: 04 Feb 2009, 15:44

Hi,

We have updated the documentation and you should find that all the classes are now documented.

Regards

The Essential Project Team
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