Archimate Layers

[work-flower]

Why can't we build something that we can define the layers like in the attached image and place the objects in them?
Maybe we can use some syntax like below?

archimate {
    business "Business" as bs {
      passive {
      
      }
      behavior {
      
      }
      active {
      
      }
    }
    application "Application" as app {
      passive {
      
      }
      behavior {
      
      }
      active {
      
      }
    }
    technology "Technology" as tech {
        passive {
        
        }
        behavior {
        
        }
        active {
        
        }
      }
      physical "Physical" as phys {
        passive {
        
        }
        behavior {
        
        }
        active {
        
        }
      }
    }

}

[ebbypeter]

@work-flower Would you happen to have an example of how this structure will be used in a scenario?

[Potherca]

My 2 cents: I don't think it will prove realistic to implement this in the Archimate-PlantUML package, since PlantUML does not have any diagrams that support both horizontal and vertical (overlapping) boxes.

Unless PlantUML adds a new kind of diagram that supports this, or this feature is built in another tool/language, I don't see it happening...

[ebbypeter]

I did some research, and Archimate or PlantUML do not support such a diagram format. We will mark it as an enhancement request and park it for now.

[work-flower]

Hi all,

I'm really sorry I missed your comments.

Yes, it's part of TOGAF, relatively simple, aiming to explain the entire architecture of the enterprise top-to-bottom.

I'm using it when I'm involved in Enterprise Architecture phase of the projects.

It's hard to play with the outputs that plantuml generates to make plantuml reflect the attached image.

Thanks a lot...