Talk:TOGAF
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What is TOGAF?
TOGAF is an architecture framework - The Open Group Architecture Framework. It enables you to design, evaluate, and build the right architecture for your organization.
The key to TOGAF is the Architecture Development Method (ADM) - a reliable, proven method for developing an IT enterprise architecture that meets the needs of your business.
What kind of architecture does TOGAF deal with?
There are four types of architecture that are commonly accepted as subsets of an overall enterprise architecture, all of which TOGAF is designed to support:
- A Business (or Business Process) Architecture - this defines the business strategy, governance, organization, and key business processes.
- A Data Architecture - this describes the structure of an organization's logical and physical data assets and data management resources.
- An Applications Architecture - this kind of architecture provides a blueprint for the individual application systems to be deployed, their interactions, and their relationships to the core business processes of the organization.
- A Technology Architecture - this describes the logical software and hardware capabilities that are required to support the deployment of business, data, and application services. This includes IT infrastructure, middleware, networks, communications, processing, standards, etc.
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[edit] Updating Page
I'll attempt some updates to the article over the next couple of weeks -- it appears to need a lot of work. --SunSw0rd 15:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Query -- TOGAF image deletion
The following discussion reposted from the respective user talk pages...
Question -- why did you delete the TOGAF ADM process flow image? I requested and received specific permission from the Open Group for posting this image, and such permission was listed in the wikipedia image tags. You provided no information in the TOGAF discussion page for such deletion, you merely deleted it. Why? SunSw0rd 15:06, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- Hi there, thanks for the query. The image was tagged for deletion by another editor because it had an improper license. You indicated that permission was extended to Wikipedia to use the image, but the permission was not extended to third parties. That license is not compatible with Wikipedia, because Wikipedia's license allows its content to be used and duplicated anywhere. Therefore, images can only be used here if permission is granted to use them anywhere. Make sense? Aguerriero (talk) 15:14, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- I understand, however, looking at the current 10 guidelines for "free use" WP:FUC it appears that it meets the guidelines for copyrighted material, that is, it meets all 10 guidelines. Where did the requirement that anything made available for Wikipedia must be explicitly placed into the public domain for anyone else to grab and use, even commercially, come from? Because -- this image does meet all 10 criteria, including and especially number 10. It appears that a more restrictive meaning is being applied over and above those 10 criteria -- does this mean that the criteria need to be expanded to 11? SunSw0rd 16:36, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- The 10 criteria you cite are only for fair use rationale. There is an overreaching criterion for everything on Wikipedia, however, that is must be compatible with the GNU Free Documentation License, meaning anyone is allowed to use it. Therefore, anything here that states it is only allowed on Wikipedia must be deleted as it is incompatible with our overall license. For more specific reference to images like the one I deleted, see this post from Jimbo Wales. Aguerriero (talk) 16:48, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
- I understand, however, looking at the current 10 guidelines for "free use" WP:FUC it appears that it meets the guidelines for copyrighted material, that is, it meets all 10 guidelines. Where did the requirement that anything made available for Wikipedia must be explicitly placed into the public domain for anyone else to grab and use, even commercially, come from? Because -- this image does meet all 10 criteria, including and especially number 10. It appears that a more restrictive meaning is being applied over and above those 10 criteria -- does this mean that the criteria need to be expanded to 11? SunSw0rd 16:36, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Why does the TOGAF topic attempt to define what an EA framework is?
There is a topic in the Wikipedia for Enterprise Architecture Frameworks. I would like to see the section of this article that attempts to redefine the concept of an EA framework to be removed and appropriate content moved over to the topic on EA Frameworks in a generic fashion. This is not the topic for redefining the term. --Nickmalik (talk) 18:26, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Suggestion
May we delete the text that opens this "talk" page that appears to be an extract from the TOGAF topic itself. It doesn't appear to serve any purpose.--Nickmalik (talk) 18:26, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
