The many faces of architectural descriptions

A framework for information systems architecture

John A. Zachman · IBM Systems Journal · 1987 · 3.2K citations

Information Model, Engineering, Design +11

The 4+1 View Model of architecture

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A classification and comparison framework for software architecture description languages

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Extending and formalizing the framework for information systems architecture

John F. Sowa, John A. Zachman · IBM Systems Journal · 1992 · 1K citations

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The art of systems architecting

Eberhardt Rechtin · IEEE Spectrum · 1992 · 622 citations

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