Bridging the gap between independent enterprise architecture domain models

Abstract

An Enterprise Architecture (EA) provides a holistic view about the domains to support planning and management tasks. The creation can be made more efficient if present domain models and measures are integrated. But these sources often lack coordination and thus are rather isolated. The paper proposes an approach based on Semantic Web technologies to combine these sources. A key aspect is the indirect connection through bridging elements to reduce the effort to establish an EA. These elements and a small EA vocabulary are the basis for an integrated data pool being a “mash up” instead of a new data silo.