Application Co-operation Viewpoint
The Application Co-operation viewpoint describes the relations between applications components in terms of the information flows between them, or in terms of the services they offer and use within an Application Collaboration.
Concepts and Relations
The ArchiMate concepts used in an Application Co-operation viewpoint Diagram and their relations are described below.
This viewpoint describes an Application Collaboration.
An
Application Collaboration is defined as a (temporary) configuration of two or more components that co-operate to jointly perform application interactions
An
Application Service is defined as the externally visible (“logical”) functionality, which is meaningful to the environment and is realized by business behavior (Business Process, Business Function, or Business Interaction)
An
Application Interface declares how a component can connect with its environment.
An
Application Component is defined as a modular, deployable, and replaceable part of a system that encapsulates its contents and exposes its functionality through a set of interfaces.
An
Application Interaction is defined as a unit of behavior, in termes of information exchanges, performed by a collaboration of two or more components.
Example Presentation
This example details the Customer Relationship Management Application collaboration, detailing how the involved Application Components interacts with each other so as to implement the Application interaction and provide the Application Services.
Example of Application Co-operation viewpoint diagram
