standard

ArchiMate 3.2 Equivalent: Standard / Requirement (Motivation & Governance Aspect)

Represents a technical standard, architecture baseline, interoperability protocol, or compliance specification adopted by the enterprise.

Visual Styling

To apply custom icons or styling to standards, use a Style Rule (e.g. style standard where status == "Adopted" { icon "check-circle" }).

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Syntax

standard <id> "<Display Name>" {
    description "<text>"
    owner "<team>"
    tags ["tag1", "tag2"]
    standard_type "<type>"
    version "<version_string>"
    status "Mandatory" | "Recommended" | "Deprecated"

    relationships { ... }
}

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Properties

Property	Type	Allowed Values	Description
description	string	Free text	Explanation of standard requirements and scope
owner	string	Free text	Architecture Review Board or standard owner
tags	string[]	Array of strings	Categorization tags
standard_type	string	e.g. "Protocol", "Security Baseline", "API Standard"	Domain type
version	string	e.g. "3.1", "2024.1"	Version or release year
status	string	e.g. "Adopted", "Trial", "Deprecated"	Adoption status

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Allowed Relationship Verbs & Targets

Verb	ArchiMate Relation	Allowed Target Entity Types
governed_by	Governance	policy, standard

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Complete Example

standard std_openapi_3 "Enterprise OpenAPI 3.1 Standard" {
    description "All synchronous internal and external APIs must be specified using OpenAPI 3.1"
    standard_type "API Design"
    version "3.1.0"
    status "Adopted"
    tags ["api", "rest", "architecture-standard"]

    relationships {
        this governed_by pol_api_governance "Mandated by Enterprise API Policy"
    }
}