General Information
Name of the solution: Cartography Tool
Solution's owner: DG DIGIT, European Commission, Europe
Description: The Cartography Tool (CarTool©) brings together high-level support for the EIRA© as a plug-in for the popular ArchiMate® modelling tool Archi®. It includes both editing features, to model solutions using the EIRA©, and querying functionalities to query an EIRA©-based Cartography of solutions. CAMSS Team.
Type of solution: Generic tool
Cartography Tool implements the following:
| Principles | Interoperability layers | Conceptual model |
|---|---|---|
| ✅ Reusability | ✅ Interoperability governance | ✅ Model |
| ✅ Technological neutrality | ✅ Legal Interoperability | ✅ Catalogues |
| ✅ Assessment of effectiveness and efficiency |
Cartography Tool implements the following recommendations as explained below:
✅ Recommendation 6 | Principle 4: Reusability
The CarTool can be used to support the development of ICT solutions as it allows its users to browse and analyse the already existing reusable solutions.
✅ Recommendation 8 | Principle 5: Technological neutrality
The CarTool does not impost the use of any specific technology and the 'Create a solution' function is fully based on open standards.
✅ Recommendation 19 | Principle 12: Assessment of effectiveness and efficiency
CarTool gives users access to existing EIRA and SAT solutions, allowing users to assess and compare them before selecting one.
✅ Recommendation 23 | Interoperability layer: Interoperability governance
CarTool aids its users in the selection process of standards by giving them access to the list of proposed interoperability standards and specifications.
✅ Recommendation 27 | Interoperability layer: Legal interoperability
CarTool supports its users in the assessment of ICT implications in new legislation by to assess ICT by allowing them to search related solutions in the solutions’ Cartography.
✅ Recommendation 34 | Conceptual model: Model
CarTool allows its users to model solutions using EIRA, and querying features to query an EIRA-based Cartography of solutions. The use of CarTool helps its users to implement the EIF conceptual model.
✅ Recommendation 44 | Conceptual model: Catalogues
CarTool provides a common model for describing interoperability solutions. It allows its users to model solutions using EIRA, and querying features to query an EIRA-based Cartography of solutions.
