21 Water Boards
In the Netherlands
Water boards
Your architecture, knowledge, and concepts safeguarded — even when people leave
Water boards face a growing digitalisation challenge: WILMA, Aquo, NL-SBB, and the Environmental and Planning Act. ArchiXL helps water boards embed that knowledge not in people’s heads but in systems, so you can continue building even when people change roles or leave.
4+ Water Boards
Are already customer
WILMA
Dutch sector standard on WikiXL
AQUO
Runs on BegrippenXL
The Aquo standard is mandatory.
So is your own conceptual framework.
The Aquo standard is the leading semantic standard for exchanging water data in the Netherlands. The Forum Standardisation has placed Aquo on the “comply or explain” list: public sector organisations are required to apply Aquo in ICT procurement above €50,000.
Aquo regulates the sector. However, each water authority also has its own conceptual framework, its own definitions, and its own terminology that must align with Aquo and comply with NL-SBB, the mandatory standard for describing concepts.
The Aquo concepts themselves already run on BegrippenXL, via Rijkswaterstaat and the Water Information Centre. ArchiXL therefore supports the sector standard for all Dutch water management organisations.
Knowledge disappears when people leave
An architect or information manager leaves, and the knowledge about why certain decisions were made goes with them. What remains are outdated documents and no one who still understands the coherence.
Architecture models live in silos
ArchiMate models are stored in tools that only architects can access. Boards and management never see them. The models are created, but are not used for decision-making.
Everyone speaks a different language
Water boards, Rijkswaterstaat, municipalities, and chain partners: everyone uses the same terms with different meanings. Aquo and NL-SBB enforce a shared language, but implementation varies across water boards and often lags behind.
WILMA remains theory
The reference architecture exists, but translating it to the organisation itself is a task for which there is never enough time. Every architect starts again from scratch, without being able to build on what has already been done.
Reorganisations erase organisational memory
Water boards are reorganising and digitising at the same time. In the process, critical institutional knowledge is lost. Projects are restarted that were already designed earlier, without anyone realising it.
Obligations are piling up
NL-SBB and Aquo are on the “comply or explain” list. NIS2, the Environmental and Planning Act, and BGT source data stewardship all add to the burden. The compliance stack is growing, while capacity is not. Without tooling, this cannot be solved through effort alone.
As an interim manager or newly appointed leader, you have limited time to deliver structural improvements
That requires an approach that delivers quick results and does not depend on a single person holding everything in their head. ArchiXL offers water boards a proven route: from fragmented knowledge to a secured, accessible information management system.
Our solutions
What ArchiXL does for your Water Board
Three solutions, one purpose:
Knowledge and architecture that remain available, align with Aquo and WILMA, and are used for better decision-making.
WikiXL
Your living Knowledge environment
WikiXL is a semantic wiki that functions as the central knowledge layer of your organisation. WILMA, your own architecture, processes, systems, and concepts come together in a single place that everyone can consult — even long after the architect who built it has left.
Everything connected. clickable. Always accurate.
ArchiMedes
Architecture that everyone understands
ArchiMedes imports your existing ArchiMate models, including migration from your current architecture repository, and publishes them as an accessible environment for the entire organisation. No specialist tools are required anymore to gain insight into the architecture.
directly From your archimate model. accessible for everyone.
BegrippenXL
One language for your water board, knowledge chain and aquo
BegrippenXL manages your organisation-specific conceptual framework in accordance with NL-SBB and links it directly to the Aquo standard via SKOS/RDF. The Aquo concepts themselves already run on BegrippenXL via Rijkswaterstaat and the Water Information Centre.
one language. one organization. one knowledge chain.
Who preceded you
Water Boards and Water managers
Rijkswaterstaat and sector organizations are already working with ArchiXL.
Not a proof of concept, but a production environment.
Pilot or Training
First step
A clearly defined first step: a pilot, training, or migration of your existing modelsRollout and Embedding
organization-wide
From pilot to organisation-wide adoption, with support and a maintenance contractBuilding a future-proof Water Board
ArchiXL understands the information challenges that water authorities face. Tell us where you are running into issues. Get in touch for an exploratory conversation.
Do you need to share data, information or knowledge within your organisation?
Contact us and find out what we can do for your organisation.
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