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-====== 3.1 Definition ======+====== 3.1 Nature of the Reference Architecture ======
  
 [[dido:01-fdis-ra:03-fdis-reference-architecture:start|Return to 3. FDIS Reference Architecture]] [[dido:01-fdis-ra:03-fdis-reference-architecture:start|Return to 3. FDIS Reference Architecture]]
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 FDIS-RA identifies the architectural responsibilities, constraints, quality characteristics, interfaces, and relationships required to support transparent, comparable, auditable, traceable, and governable interpretation of regulated information throughout its lifecycle. FDIS-RA identifies the architectural responsibilities, constraints, quality characteristics, interfaces, and relationships required to support transparent, comparable, auditable, traceable, and governable interpretation of regulated information throughout its lifecycle.
  
-FDIS-RA is not the architecture of a particular system, organisation, deployment, or product. It does not prescribe:+FDIS-RA is not the architecture of a particular system, organization, deployment, or product. It does not prescribe:
  
   * Internal component structures   * Internal component structures
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   * Data schemas   * Data schemas
   * Processing workflows   * Processing workflows
-  * Runtime behaviour+  * Runtime behavior
   * Operational configurations   * Operational configurations
   * Technology selections   * Technology selections
  
-Instead, FDIS-RA operates at a higher level of abstraction by establishing architectural expectations that apply across multiple systems, organisations, jurisdictions, and implementation approaches.+Instead, FDIS-RA operates at a higher level of abstraction by establishing architectural expectations that apply across multiple systems, organizations, jurisdictions, and implementation approaches.
  
 FDIS-RA is distinct from a software architecture. FDIS-RA is distinct from a software architecture.
  
-A software architecture describes the internal structure, components, interfaces, deployment, and runtime behaviour of a particular software system.+A software architecture describes the internal structure, components, interfaces, deployment, and runtime behavior of a particular software system.
  
 FDIS-RA defines the architectural responsibilities, constraints, quality characteristics, governance mechanisms, and semantic obligations that software architectures satisfy when they support regulated data interpretation. FDIS-RA defines the architectural responsibilities, constraints, quality characteristics, governance mechanisms, and semantic obligations that software architectures satisfy when they support regulated data interpretation.
  
-Software architectures may realise, align with, or conform to FDIS-RA. FDIS-RA does not prescribe system decomposition, implementation structure, programming models, products, or technology choices.+Software architectures may realize, align with, or conform to FDIS-RA. FDIS-RA does not prescribe system decomposition, implementation structure, programming models, products, or technology choices.
  
 Instead, it constrains how systems manage: Instead, it constrains how systems manage:
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   * Protocol bindings   * Protocol bindings
   * Programming interfaces   * Programming interfaces
-  * Platform-specific behaviour+  * Platform-specific behavior
  
-Standards, semantic models, schemas, ontologies, rules, APIs, and other implementation artefacts may realise, align with, or support aspects of FDIS-RA. They do not replace the Reference Architecture.+Standards, semantic models, schemas, ontologies, rules, APIs, and other implementation artifacts may realize, align with, or support aspects of FDIS-RA. They do not replace the Reference Architecture.
  
-FDIS-RA provides the architectural context within which such artefacts are designed, evaluated, governed, and assessed for conformance.+FDIS-RA provides the architectural context within which such artifacts are designed, evaluated, governed, and assessed for conformance.
  
 Accordingly, FDIS-RA serves as a framework for architectural design, assessment, governance, procurement, and conformance evaluation. Accordingly, FDIS-RA serves as a framework for architectural design, assessment, governance, procurement, and conformance evaluation.
  
-It establishes a common architectural baseline against which organisations evaluate systems for alignment with the objectives of regulated data interpretation, including:+It establishes a common architectural baseline against which organizations evaluate systems for alignment with the objectives of regulated data interpretation, including:
  
   * Long-term semantic stability   * Long-term semantic stability
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   * Comparability   * Comparability
   * Accountability   * Accountability
-  * Governance across reporting periods, organisations, and regulatory regimes+  * Governance across reporting periods, organizations, and regulatory regimes
  
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