What is Dependency Relationships in ArchiMate?
Dependency relationships describe how elements support or are used by other elements. Three types of dependency relationship are distinguished:
- The serving relationship represents a control dependency, denoted by a solid line.
- The access relationship represents a data dependency, denoted by a dashed line.
- The influence relationship is the weakest type of dependency, used to model how motivation elements are influenced by other elements.
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