Open Infrastructure Architecture method

The Open Infrastructure Architecture method, or OIAm, is an open standard for the application of architecture to infrastructure.

Origins of the method and current development

OIAm was created in 2012 as a continuation[1] of the Infrastructure architecture method. This method was developed at Sogeti by Daniël Jumelet.[2] The book titled "DYA|Infrastructuur - Architectuur voor de fundering van de IT".[3] introduces many concepts that are still present in OIAm. However, as the book was published only in Dutch, its reach was limited. In 2009, Sogeti published an English language whitepaper that contains an abstract of the method,[4] that also refined some of the original concepts: a "Building Block" is now described as "logical infrastructure facility defined by a functional description".

The method's development is being sponsored by Dutch company BiZZdesign.[5] One of the results of this sponsorship is a Whitepaper outlining the core tenets of OIAm.[6]

OIAm and the community

The development of the method has from its early inception been published on the Internet under a Creative Commons license, using a Semantic MediaWiki based wiki for publication of standard content - originally the "DYA|Infrastructure Repository" (DIR),[7] currently the "Open Infrastructure Architecture repository" (OIAr).[8] As a result of this, a community evolved consisting of architects and other people working with, or being interested in, the method. This community mainly revolves around the aforementioned OIAr, a LinkedIn group named Open Infrastructure Architecture, and a semi-annual community meeting.

Modelling infrastructure under OIAm

Modelling infrastructure is done under OIAm using

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