<s>
Information	B-Architecture
technology	I-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
development	O
of	O
methodical	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
specifications	O
,	O
models	O
and	O
guidelines	O
,	O
using	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
notations	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
,	O
within	O
a	O
coherent	O
information	B-Architecture
technology	I-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
framework	O
,	O
following	O
formal	O
and	O
informal	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
solution	O
,	O
enterprise	O
,	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
architecture	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
processes	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
few	O
decades	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
requirement	O
for	O
a	O
coherent	O
,	O
consistent	O
approach	O
to	O
delivery	O
of	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
have	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
product	O
vendors	O
and	O
independent	O
consultancies	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
for	O
example	O
the	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Group	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
real	O
experiences	O
in	O
the	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
marketplace	O
and	O
collaboration	O
amongst	O
industry	O
stakeholders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Best	O
practice	O
information	B-Architecture
technology	I-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
encourages	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
open	O
technology	O
standards	O
and	O
global	O
technology	O
interoperability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-Architecture
technology	I-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
can	O
also	O
be	O
called	O
a	O
high-level	O
map	O
or	O
plan	O
of	O
the	O
information	O
assets	O
in	O
an	O
organization	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
physical	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
building	O
that	O
holds	O
the	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grady	O
Booch	O
,	O
Ivar	O
Jacobson	O
,	O
and	O
James	O
Rumbaugh	O
are	O
accredited	O
with	O
developing	O
the	O
first	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
,	O
a	O
widely	O
used	O
technology	O
modeling	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
developer	O
of	O
formal	O
solution	O
and	O
infrastructure	O
architecture	O
methodologies	O
for	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
