Modeling technology environments
In this section, we will cover the core elements of the Technology Layer of ArchiMate® 3.1. The elements discussed in this section are identified in the following diagram:
Figure 6.1 – Technology structural elements
At the core of the Technology Layer of ArchiMate® are two new elements: the Device and System Software elements. These two elements are both technology internal active structure elements and they both inherit from the same parent element, the technology node. As per the ArchiMate® 3.1 specification, a technology node—or node, in short—"represents a computational or physical resource that hosts, manipulates, or interacts with other computational or physical resources" (https://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/archimate3-doc/chap10.html#_Toc10045410).
In simpler words, a node is any hardware or software that is used to store, process, monitor, manage, streamline, and...
