SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework

Business introduction

Organisations using SAP’s Enterprise Architecture tools often face challenges aligning technical models with strategic planning, capability analysis, and cross-domain traceability. This page introduces a semantic mapping between the SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework and the Orthogramic Metamodel to bridge that gap.

By applying this JSON-LD context, enterprise models developed in SAP can be interpreted, extended, or transformed into Orthogramic’s open, structured business architecture view. This enables real-time insights, cross-functional alignment, and integration with modern semantic tools—without needing to abandon existing SAP investments.

The mapping supports strategic response modelling, organisational oversight, and the democratisation of architecture insights across business and technology stakeholders.

Overview

Format: JSON-LD
Purpose: Enable semantic APIs, business architecture alignment, and integration with enterprise architecture platforms
Compatibility: SAP EA Framework, http://schema.org , FOAF, ArchiMate
Version: 1.0.0
License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Context URI: https://orthogramic.org/context/orthogramic-sap.jsonld

Domains

This context maps SAP's enterprise architecture concepts to the Orthogramic Metamodel:

Inter-domain and cross-domain relationships

SAP EA models typically define clear relationships across layers of the enterprise:

• Capabilities support value streams and are owned by organizational units

• Strategic goals influence policies, initiatives, and KPIs

• Services and products are mapped to capabilities and stakeholder roles

• Business roles are associated with governance and accountability

These relationships are preserved in Orthogramic to allow unified modelling and holistic traceability across domains.

Strategic Response Model (SRM)

The Strategic Response Model enables:

• Mapping strategic goals from SAP EA to executable initiatives

• Linking initiatives to performance measures, organisational units, and capabilities

• Tracking progress and alignment across layers using a structured metamodel view

Use in Semantic APIs

While SAP EA Designer may not natively expose a semantic API, this context can:

• Be applied in knowledge graph tools to interpret exported models

• Enable automated mapping from SAP models to the Orthogramic JSON-LD structure

• Support transformation of SAP architecture assets into aligned, API-ready business architecture data

Licensing and contributions

This mapping is open-source and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Contributions are welcome via GitHub pull requests in the Orthogramic Metamodel repository.