You select the enterprise architecture framework and design methods you want to use when you create an encyclopedia, or at any point afterwards by performing the following steps:
1 Select Tools > Customize Method Support > Encyclopedia Configuration.
2 Toggle on the Framework you wish to use in the Frameworks field. A Framework will turn on a set of diagram and definition types, some of which may be independently listed in the dialog; others which are not.
Notes
a You may only turn on one framework at a time.
b Once a framework has been selected for an encyclopedia, it is highly recommended that you never change it. The metamodel for each framework is different, and changing a framework will leave hidden definitions in the encyclopedia.
c The FEAF 2 and FEAF 1 frameworks can be used with the other core frameworks, that is why they are listed amongst Other Features at the bottom of the dialog. FEAF 2 and FEAF 1 can be turned on/off without concern, unlike the other core frameworks.
3 Toggle on Methods that you wish to use, from the following lists:
Data Modeling
▪Entity Relation and Physical
▪IDEF1X and Physical
Object Modeling
▪UML
Business Modeling
▪BPMN
▪Process Chart and Map
▪Business Motivation Model (BMM)
▪IDEF0 and IDEF3
Structured A/D
▪Gane/Sarson
▪Ward/Mellor
▪Yourdon/DeMarco
▪IE
Other Features
▪Flow Chart
▪Decomposition
▪XML Schema
▪Rational Asset Manager
▪SAP
Note You can come back into this dialog and change your choices for methods at any time.
4 Toggle on property sets you wish to use for data modeling and UML design.
▪Target Databases: Select zero or more target databases for data modeling. Each choice turns on a property set for the DBMS language – used when you are modeling in a physical data model.
▪Target Languages: Select zero or more target languages for UML modeling. Each choice turns on a property set for the object-oriented programming language – used when you are modeling in UML.
5 Click the Advanced tab to get better granularity of diagram and property set choices.
6 Select OK to save the dialog.
7 Reopen the encyclopedia (File > Open Encyclopedia) for the changes to parse and take effect.
