Archimate::Dsl
Enterprise Architecture as Code.
Develop your Enterprise Architecture ArchiMate models using a DSL (rather than a GUI app).
Benefits:
- Text based representation is easier to review for changes and share between architects
- Modularize your architecture and share modules between ArchiMate models.
- Reduce duplicate effort
- Produce different models for different future options
- Produce snapshots of architecture for different points in time (as an alternative to Plateaus)
- Produce automated diagrams for viewpoints (including custom viewpoints).
- Spend less time dragging things around and updating artifacts
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'archimate-dsl'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install archimate-dsl
Usage
Write your ArchiMate architecture into a file. For example, myarch.arx
model("Archisurance") do
version "3.1.1"
purpose "An example of a fictional Insurance company."
properties(
Property1: "Value of Property 1",
Property2: "Value of Property 2"
)
customer = BusinessRole("Customer")
mail_interface = BusinessInterface("mail")
bank = BusinessRole("Customer's Bank")
withdrawal = BusinessService("Withdrawal")
folder("Business", type: "business") do
items = [mail_interface, bank, customer]
end
mail_interface.serving("create/update", customer)
bank.composes(mail_interface)
bank.realizes(withdrawal)
end
Then run:
archidsl -o myarch.archimate myarch.arx
The output in myarch.archimate
is an ArchiMate model that can be opened (and further edited) in Archi.
Development
After checking out the repo, run bin/setup
to install dependencies. Then, run rake test
to run the tests. You can also run bin/console
for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.
To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install
. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb
, and then run bundle exec rake release
, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem
file to rubygems.org.
Contributing
Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mmorga/archimate-dsl.