View: Ontology Definition

Answers the question: What domain concepts must the AF support?

This view identifies the concepts that are to be used within the Enterprise (SoS) Architecture Description Framework These concepts are the underlying conceptual models for the Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS). This set of concepts is also called a 'concept model' or 'meta model'. This approach to the ontology focuses on whole systems. The Systems are identified in a blue shade of color.

The concepts and terminology for the Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS) uses the concept of a System Description to document the various systems that are defined within the Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS). The following picture shows all of the systems contained within the Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS).

PDF: System Description: Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS), Version 0.19, 14-November-2024

System descriptions are included for the following types of systems within the Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS):

• System-of-Interest: Enterprise as a System of Systems (SoS)
• System: Organization
• System: Capability
• System Element: People
• System:  Process
• System: Technology (SoS)
• System: Information Technology System of Systems (SoS)

 

The following model identifies the possible system-of-interest that could be used for an Architecture Description Framework.

The Enterprise (SoS) has been selected and includes System Descriptions for each of the systems identified above.