[DTE8] Reference Architecture Description

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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.

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA528722.pdf

This reference provides the architectural basis for the concept of a Reference Architecture.

The publication describes a Reference Architecture as a means to establish common architectural understanding across independently developed systems and stakeholder communities.

DIDO-TE uses this reference to support architectural concepts concerning:

• Common architectural vocabulary
• Recurring classes of system problems
• Consistency across independently developed implementations
• Comparison and evaluation of systems
• Alignment with standards and architectural patterns
• Separation of architectural expectations from implementation-specific design

DIDO-TE derives applicable architectural requirements from this reference where the requirements concern the role, scope, structure, evaluation, or application of a Reference Architecture.

Requirements derived from this reference identify the applicable section, paragraph, figure, table, or other source location whenever the source provides a sufficiently precise location.

This reference provides general Reference Architecture guidance. It does not define DIDO-TE-specific components, test procedures, implementation technologies, deployment models, or conformance requirements.

DIDO-TE specialises the general Reference Architecture concepts from this source through requirements derived from more specific sources, including:

• [DTE6] Structured Information Processing Reference Architecture (SIP-RA)
• [DTE7] Federated Data Interpretation Systems Reference Architecture (FDIS-RA)