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U.S. Department of
Transportation
Research and Innovative
Technology Administration
System Architecture Terms
§Architecture: The
fundamental organization of a system, embodied in its
components, their relationships to each other and
the environment, and the principles governing its design
and evolution. (IEEE
1471)
§Viewpoint: a
framework of rules for developing architecture views based on a
related set of concerns
§View: a
representation of the system from the perspective
of a set of concerns