Research Article

Collaborative Knowledge Framework for Mediation Information System Engineering

Table 1

Summary of enterprise architectures.

FrameworkTypeUpdateCompletenessPracticabilityTool supportMethod supportSummary

Zachman (1987)EA2011
V3
MiddleLowNoNoA general framework without specification
GIM (1988)EA-PMNoMiddleMiddleNoYesDevelop a useful decision making method, GRAI
PERA (1991)EANoMiddleMiddleNoNoConsider enterprise as facility, organization, and information system
ARIS (1991)EIA-IS2011
V7.2
MiddleHighYesYesMDA and SOA based; consider enterprise integration views as organization, data, function process, and control
CIMOSA (1993)EIANoMiddleMiddleNoYesClear structured three-dimension framework which are views, models, and levels
TOGAF (1995)EA-IS2009
V9
HighHighNoYesArchitecture of architectures, each part is well detailed
GERA (1997)EANoHighLowNoYesEnterprise engineering life cycle is well detailed
FEA (1999)EA-IS2012
V3
HighHighNoYesOrganize enterprise by levels: business, design, application, and technology; containing as-is and to-be system modeling
DoDAF (2003)EA-IS2009
V2.0
HighMiddleNoYesSeparates enterprise by viewpoints: all, data and information, standards, capability, operational, services, systems, and project
IDEAS (2003)EFNoLowLowNoNoDefines interoperability levels: business, knowledge, and application. The solution is semantics
AIF (2007)EFNoMiddleMiddleNoNoDefines interoperability levels: business, service, process, and data. The solutions are ontology, semantics, and model-driven interoperability
EIF (2008)EFNoHighMiddleNoNoDefines interoperability from interoperability concerns, interoperability barriers, and interoperability approaches

EA: enterprise architecture; EIA: enterprise integration architecture; EF: enterprise interoperability framework; IS: information system; PM: product manufacturing.