Doyle, Richard, and Matthew Wilezynski. Reference Architecture Description. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration, United States Department of Defense, 2010.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Reference Identifier | [DTE8] |
| Title | Reference Architecture Description |
| Filename | ADA528722.pdf |
| Artifact Type | Architectural guidance document |
| Version | Record the authoritative version. |
| Document Date | 2010 |
| Authors | Richard Doyle and Matthew Wilezynski |
| Preparing Organization | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration |
| Publisher | United States Department of Defense |
| File Format | |
| Status | Published |
| URI | https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA528722.pdf |
The Reference Architecture Description provides United States Department of Defense guidance for developing and applying Reference Architectures.
The publication defines the general purpose of a Reference Architecture and describes how a Reference Architecture guides and constrains multiple architectures and solutions within a subject area.
The publication also describes the structure, content, characteristics, uses, and evaluation of Department of Defense-wide Reference Architectures.
DIDO-TE uses this reference as a general architectural source. More specific DIDO-TE references apply and specialize its Reference Architecture concepts within the DIDO Test Environment.
The reference addresses architectural subject areas associated with:
The publication treats a Reference Architecture as an authoritative source of information concerning a specific subject area. The Reference Architecture guides and constrains the instantiation of multiple architectures and solutions.
This reference provides the general architectural basis for treating DIDO-TE as a Reference Architecture.
DIDO-TE uses [DTE8] to:
DIDO-TE specializes these general concepts through DIDO-TE-specific requirements, architectural models, terminology, conformance criteria, and verification methods.
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The publication identifies five elements associated with a Department of Defense-wide Reference Architecture:
DIDO-TE applies these elements according to its scope, purpose, stakeholders, architectural content, and relationship to more specific source architectures.
The five elements provide an organizational framework. They do not replace the DIDO-TE requirements, models, conformance criteria, verification methods, or traceability records.
[DTE8] supplies general Reference Architecture guidance that complements the DIDO-TE-specific and domain-specific architectural sources recorded in other references.
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[DTE8] establishes general Reference Architecture concepts. [DTE6] applies those concepts to structured information processing. [DTE7] applies them to governed interpretation across federated information-processing systems.
DIDO-TE draws on these sources to establish a specialized Reference Architecture for distributed Test Environments.
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[DTE8] provides general Reference Architecture guidance.
It does not define:
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