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Zachmann, J. A. (1987). A framework for information systems
architecture. _IBM Systems Journal 26_ (3), 276-292.
An apparently seminal work in information architecture that provides a
framework for a common language set for people implementing complex
information systems. A description of the traditional architecture
deliverables is genericized to manufacturing and the mapped to
informations systems. The framework provides a multi-dimensional and
extensible model that can be used by business owners, systems
analysts, systems designers and programmers.
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This is fine bit of systems thinking. I heartily approve of modeling
in one domain and mapping the model to another domain. My largest
criticism of this work is that by the end of the paper while I was
conceptually prepared to understand the model the needed recapitulation
was not there. I could not state with any confidence what the
framework is. I assume I'll get that in the next article.
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