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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