B. Abbreviations

ABB
Architecture Building Block
AC
Access Control
ACL
Access Control List
ACMM
Architecture Capability Maturity Model
ACSE
Association Control Service Element
ADM
Architecture Development Method
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
API
Application Platform Interface
ARTS
Association for Retail Technology Standards
BMM
Business Motivation Model
BPM
Business Process Management
BPMN
Business Process Modeling Notation
BTEP
The Canadian Government Business Transformation Enablement Program
CAB
Change Advisory Board
CCITT
Consultative Committee on International Telegraph and Telephone, now known as the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
CI
Configuration Item
CIPR
Central Information Process
CM
Configuration Management
CMIP
Common Management Information Protocol
CMIS
Common Management Information Service
CMM
Capability Maturity Models
CMMI
Capability Maturity Model Integration
CN
Communications Network
COBIT
Control OBjectives for Information and related Technology
CODASYL
Conference on Data Systems Languages
CORBA
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
COTS
Commercial Off-The-Shelf applications
CRM
Customer Relationship Management
CRUD
Create/Read/Update/Delete
CSF
Critical Success Factor
DAI
Data Access Interface
DBA
Database Administrator
DBMS
Database Management System
DCE
Distributed Computing Environment
DDL
Data Definition Language
DISA
US Department of Defense Information Systems Agency
DMF
Data Management Facility
DML
Data Manipulation Language
DMTF
Distributed Management Task Force
DNS
Domain Name System
DoC
US Department of Commerce
DoD
US Department of Defense
DoDAF
Department of Defense Architecture Framework
DRDA
Distributed Relational Database Architecture
EA
Enterprise Architecture
EAI
Enterprise Application Integration
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
EEI
External Environment Interface
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
ES
End System
ESB
Enterprise Service Bus
ETL
Extract, Transform, Load
FEAF
Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework
FICO
Fair Isaac Corporation
FORTRAN
FORmula TRANslator
FTE
Full-Time Equivalent
GOTS
Government Off-The-Shelf applications
GUI
Graphical User Interface
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
ICAM
Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing
ICD
Interface Control Document
ICOM
Inputs, Controls, Outputs, and Mechanisms/Resources
IDEF
Integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing (ICAM) DEFinition
IDL
Interface Description Language
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
III
Integrated Information Infrastructure
III-RM
Integrated Information Infrastructure Reference Model
IMS
Information Management System
ISA
Information Systems Architecture
ISACA
Information Systems Audit and Control Association
ISACF
Information Systems Audit and Control Foundation
ISAM
Indexed Sequential Access Method
ISO
International Standards Organization
IT
Information Technology
ITGI
IT Governance Institute
ITIL
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
ITPMF
IT Portfolio Management Facility
ITU
International Telecommunication Union
JMS
Java Message Service
JVM
Java Virtual Machine
KPI
Key Performance Indicator
LAN
Local Area Network
LCS
Local Communications System
LIPR
Local Information Process
LSE
Local Subscriber Network
MAN
Metropolitan Area Network
MDA
Model Driven Architecture
MIB
Management Information Bases
MIS
Management Information Systems
MLS
Multi-Level Security
MTA
Message Transfer Agent
NASCIO
National Association of State Chief Information Officers
NIST
National Institute of Standards and Technology
OAG
Open Applications Group
OAGIS
Open Applications Group Integration Specification
ODBC
Open Database Connectivity
OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
OGC
UK Office of Government Commerce
OLA
Operational Level Agreement
OMB
Office of Management and Budget
OMG
Object Management Group
OODBMS
Object-Oriented Database Management System
ORB
Object Request Broker
OS
Operating System
OSE
Open System Environment
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
OSOA
Open Service Oriented Architecture
P-CMM
People Capability Maturity Model
PDA
Personal Digital Assistant
PDF
Portable Document Format
PEX
PHIGS Extension to the X Window system
PHIGS
Programmer's Hierarchical Interactive Graphics System
PMI
Project Management Initiative
PMBOK
Project Management Body of Knowledge
PRINCE
PRojects in Controlled Environments
QoS
Quality of Service
RACI
Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed
RAS
Remote Access Services
RDA
Remote Database Access
RDBMS
Relational Database Management System
REA
Resource-Event-Agent
RFC
Request For Change
RFI
Request for Information
RFP
Request for Proposal
RFQ
Request for Quotation
RM
Reference Model
RM-ODP
ISO Reference Model for Open Distributed Processing
RPC
Remote Procedure Call
RS
Relay System
SA-CMM
Software Acquisition Capability Maturity Model
SBB
Solution Building Block
SCAMPI
Standard CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement
SDO
Service Data Objects
SEI
Software Engineering Institute
SGML
Standard Generalized Markup Language
SIB
Standards Information Base
SCA
Service Component Architecture
SCAMPI
CMMI Appraisal Method for Process Improvement
SLA
Service Level Agreement
SMAP
Security Management Application Process
SMART
Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Time-bound
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SNA
System Network Architecture
SNMP
Simple Network Management Protocol
SOA
Service Oriented Architecture
SPEM
Software Processing Engineering Metamodel
SQL
Structured Query Language
STEP
STandard for the Exchange of Product model data
SWG
Special Working Group
SysML
Systems Modeling Language
TADG
Treasury Architecture Development Guidance
TAFIM
Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TISAF
Treasury Information System Architecture Framework
TRM
Technical Reference Model
TFA
Transparent File Access
TLSP
Transport Layer Security Protocol
TMF
TeleManagement Forum
TP
Transaction Processing
UML
Unified Modeling Language
UN/CEFACT
United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business
UN/EDIFACT
United Nations/Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce, and Transport
WAN
Wide Area Network
WSDL
Web Services Description Language
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XSD
XML Schema Definition

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