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Chapter 4
The Zachman Architectural
Framework
is chapter discusses the Zachman Framework. Currently, it is the most often used framework
by organizations all over the world. e framework can be used for developing or documenting an
enterprisewide information systems architecture; it provides a view of the subjects and models that
can be used to develop a complete architecture. e topic was briefly introduced in Chapter 2 and
is expanded herewith. is chapter is based on materials from Zachman Institute for Architecture
Advancement (ZIFA*).
4.1 Background
e Zachman Framework establishes a common vocabulary and set of perspectives for defin-
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