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A technotope is an external space that is uniform in its use values, social meanings and technology uses. It can be described as the collective life world of a Sociotope enhanced with cyberspace, its use and meaning, in a specific culture or group of people.

The technotope is defined simultaneously in the real world and cyberspace where it is shaped by a multiplicity of lifestyles, trades, regulations and services connected to a specific place which can be local, national, regional or global.

The related concept in a Natural Order is Biotope and in a Social Order it is a Sociotope.

For the group of social actors, the technotope typically includes regimes that also involve techno-order items.

The term Sociotope as defined in Wikipedia also covers the term technotope.


In Archimate, the technological environment and infrastructure of the technotope can be represented by combining elements from the Technology Layer. Here are the steps:

  1. Identify Key Components: Determine the main components, such as devices, system software, and communication networks.
  2. Use Technology Layer Elements: Utilize the Technology Layer elements in ArchiMate to represent these components. Key elements include:
    • Node: Represents a computational or physical resource that hosts, manipulates, or interacts with other resources.
    • Device: Models a physical computational resource, such as a server or a computer.
    • System Software: Represents infrastructural software running on a device, like an operating system.
    • Technology Interface: The logical place where technology services offered by a node can be accessed.
    • Communication Path: Models the relation between nodes for information exchange.
    • Communication network: Represents the physical communication medium between devices.
  3. Model Relationships: Define the relationships between these elements to show how they interact and communicate. Use composition, aggregation, and specialization relationships to represent the structure and behavior.