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Access
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The access relationship models the ability of behavior and active structure elements to observe or act upon passive structure elements.
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Aggregation
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The aggregation relationship indicates that an element groups a number of other elements.
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Assignment
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The assignment relationship expresses the allocation of responsibility, performance of behavior, or execution.
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Association
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An association models an unspecified relationship, or one that is not represented by another ArchiMate relationship.
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Composition
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The composition relationship indicates that an element consists of one or more other elements.
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Flow
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The flow relationship represents transfer from one element to another.
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Influence
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The influence relationship models that an element affects the implementation or achievement of some motivation element.
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Junction
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A junction is used to connect relationships of the same type.
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Realization
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The realization relationship indicates that an entity plays a critical role in the creation, achievement, sustenance, or operation of a more abstract entity.
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Serving
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The serving relationship models that an element provides its functionality to another element.
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Specialization
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The specialization relationship indicates that an element is a particular kind of another element.
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Triggering
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The triggering relationship describes a temporal or causal relationship between elements.
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