04c Key Terminology F-M Flashcards
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Foundation Architecture
Generic building blocks, their inter-relationships with other building blocks, combined with the principles and guidelines that provide a foundation on which more specific architectures can be built.
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Gap
A statement of difference between two states. Used in the context of gap analysis, where the difference between the Baseline and Target Architecture is identified.
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Enterprise Continuum
A categorization mechanism useful for classifying architecture and solution artifacts, both internal and external to the Architecture Repository, as they evolve from generic Foundation Architectures to Organization-Specific Architectures.
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Information
Any communication or representation of
- facts,
- data, or
- opinions,
in any medium or form, including
- textual,
- numerical,
- graphic,
- cartographic,
- narrative, or
- audio-visual.
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Information Technology (IT)
- The lifecycle management of information and related technology used by an organization.
- An umbrella term that includes all or some of the subject areas relating to the computer industry, such as
- Business Continuity,
- Business IT Interface,
- Business Process Modeling and Management,
- Communication,
- Compliance and Legislation,
- Computers,
- Content Management,
- Hardware,
- Information Management,
- Internet,
- Offshoring,
- Networking,
- Programming and Software,
- Professional Issues,
- Project Management,
- Security,
- Standards,
- Storage,
- Voice and Data Communications.
Various countries and industries employ other umbrella terms to describe this same collection.
- A term commonly assigned to a department within an organization tasked with provisioning some or all of the domains described in (2) above.
- Alternate names commonly adopted include Information Services, Information Management, etc.
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Logical (Architecture)
An implementation-independent definition of the architecture, often grouping related physical entities according to their purpose and structure;
E.g. The products from multiple infrastructure software vendors can all be logically grouped as Java application server platforms.
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Metadata
Data about data, of any sort in any media, that describes the characteristics of an entity.
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Metamodel
Any communication or representation of
- facts,
- data, or
- opinions,
in any medium or form, including
- textual,
- numerical,
- graphic,
- cartographic,
- narrative, or
- audio-visual.
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Method
A defined, repeatable approach to address a particular type of problem.
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Methodology
A defined, repeatable series of steps to address a particular type of problem, which typically centers on a defined process, but may also include definition of content.
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Model
A representation of a subject of interest.
A model provides a smaller scale, simplified, and/or abstract representation of the subject matter. A model is constructed as a “means to an end”.
In the context of enterprise architecture, the subject matter is a whole or part of the enterprise and the end is the ability to construct “views” that address the concerns of particular stakeholders; i.e., their “viewpoints” in relation to the subject matter.
Explain the term :
Modeling
A technique through construction of models which enables a subject to be represented in a form that enables reasoning, insight, and clarity concerning the essence of the subject matter.
