Master Relationship Verb Matrix

The table below outlines all 16 valid relationship verbs, their corresponding ArchiMate 3.2 relationship types, and every allowed target entity type for each source entity type.

Relationship Verb	ArchiMate 3.2 Equivalent	Source Entity Types	Allowed Destination Target Entity Types
composed_of	Composition	capability, system, app, environment	capability → capability system → app, component, agent app → component, agent environment → infrastructure
realizes	Realization	capability, process, system, app, component, agent	capability, process, system, app, component, agent → capability, goal, stage
serves	Serving	capability, actor, process, system, app, component, infrastructure, agent	actor, process, system, app, agent
hosts	Assignment	environment, infrastructure	environment → system, app, component, agent infrastructure → system, app, component, agent, trust_boundary
reads, writes	Access	capability, actor, process, system, app, component, agent	actor → data_object, system, app, component, infrastructure All others → data_object
flows_to	Flow	capability, process, system, app, component, data_object, agent	system, app, component, process, data_object, agent
triggers	Triggering	capability, actor, process, system, app, component, agent	capability, actor → process, agent Others → process, system, app, component, agent
influences	Influence	capability, actor, process, system, app, component, goal, kpi, agent, policy	goal, kpi
migrates_to	Transformation	capability, process, system, app, component, environment, infrastructure, agent	capability, process → system, app, component, infrastructure, environment system, app, component, infrastructure, environment → system, app, component, infrastructure, environment, agent agent → agent
depends_on	Dependency	capability, process, system, app, component, agent, control	capability → capability, app, system, component, infrastructure, process process → process, app, system, component, infrastructure, capability system, app, component → system, app, component, infrastructure, environment, agent agent → system, app, component, agent control → control, infrastructure, system, app, component, environment
governed_by	Governance	All entity types	policy, standard
mitigates	Mitigation	control	threat, risk_scenario
protects	Protection	system, app, component, infrastructure, agent, control, trust_boundary	system, app, component, infrastructure, data_object, process, agent, trust_boundary, actor (when mechanism is Authentication)
targets	Exploitation	threat, risk_scenario, vulnerability	capability, process, system, app, component, infrastructure, data_object, actor, agent, trust_boundary
encloses	Containment	trust_boundary	actor, process, system, app, component, infrastructure, data_object, agent, trust_boundary