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architecture viewpoint¶
work product establishing the conventions for the construction, interpretation and use of architecture views to frame specific system concerns
Clause: 3.1.3.6
Source: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011, 3.6
History note: Introduced in ISO/TS 14812:2022
Specializations of architecture viewpoint¶
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| communications viewpoint | architecture viewpoint used to frame concerns related to all layers of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) stack and related management and security issues |
| enterprise viewpoint | architecture viewpoint used to frame the policies, funding incentives, working arrangements and jurisdictional structure that support the technical layers of the architecture |
| functional viewpoint | architecture viewpoint used to frame concerns related to the definition of processes that perform surface transport functions and data flows shared between these processes |
| physical viewpoint | architecture viewpoint used to frame concerns related to the assignment of functionality to physical objects and the interfaces among these physical objects |
Relationships for architecture viewpoint¶
| Property | Constraint |
|---|---|
| aggregates | some modelKind |
| frames | some concern |
| governs | some architectureView |