<s>
Technical	B-Library
Architecture	I-Library
Framework	I-Library
for	I-Library
Information	I-Library
Management	I-Library
(	O
TAFIM	B-Library
)	O
was	O
a	O
1990s	O
reference	B-Library
model	I-Library
for	O
enterprise	O
architecture	O
by	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
(	O
DoD	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TAFIM	B-Library
provided	O
enterprise-level	O
guidance	O
for	O
the	O
evolution	O
of	O
the	O
DoD	O
Technical	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
identifies	O
the	O
services	O
,	O
standards	O
,	O
concepts	O
,	O
components	O
,	O
and	O
configurations	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
guide	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
technical	B-Architecture
architectures	I-Architecture
that	O
meet	O
specific	O
mission	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TAFIM	B-Library
has	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
from	O
1986	O
until	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TAFIM	B-Library
concepts	O
are	O
further	O
developed	O
in	O
TOGAF	O
,	O
which	O
first	O
version	O
in	O
1995	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
TAFIM	B-Library
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Technical	B-Library
Architecture	I-Library
Framework	I-Library
for	I-Library
Information	I-Library
Management	I-Library
"	O
(	O
TAFIM	B-Library
)	O
was	O
described	O
in	O
1995	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
TAFIM	B-Library
subsumes	O
the	O
widely	O
accepted	O
Open-system	O
environment	O
reference	B-Library
model	I-Library
within	O
the	O
network	O
services	O
and	O
communications	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
TAFIM	B-Library
started	O
around	O
1986	O
at	O
the	O
US	O
Defense	O
Information	O
Systems	O
Agency/Center	O
for	O
Information	O
Management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
concept	O
of	O
TAFIM	B-Library
was	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
NIST	O
Application	O
Portability	O
Profile	O
and	O
the	O
POSIX	O
(	O
or	O
IEEE	O
P1003.00SE	O
)	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
draft	O
of	O
TAFIM	B-Library
was	O
completed	O
in	O
1991	O
with	O
the	O
TAFIM	B-Library
Technical	O
Reference	B-Library
Model	I-Library
(	O
TAFIM	B-Library
TRM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Burnes	O
St.	O
Patrick	O
Hollyman	O
,	O
James	O
M	O
.	O
Kerr	O
and	O
John	O
Keane	O
,	O
this	O
technical	O
reference	B-Library
model	I-Library
wanted	O
to	O
use	O
open	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
and	O
new	O
technologies	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
commercial	O
market	O
,	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
DoD-wide	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TAFIM	B-Library
project	O
has	O
resulted	O
in	O
an	O
eight-volume	O
Information	B-Architecture
Technology	I-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
"	O
how-to	O
"	O
manual	O
,	O
see	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
development	O
of	O
TOGAF	O
Version	O
1	O
in	O
1995	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Technical	B-Library
Architecture	I-Library
Framework	I-Library
for	I-Library
Information	I-Library
Management	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
US	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
gave	O
The	B-Application
Open	I-Application
Group	I-Application
explicit	O
permission	O
and	O
encouragement	O
to	O
create	O
TOGAF	O
by	O
building	O
on	O
the	O
TAFIM	B-Library
,	O
which	O
itself	O
was	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
many	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
effort	O
and	O
many	O
millions	O
of	O
dollars	O
of	O
US	O
Government	O
investment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1996	O
US	O
DoD	O
publication	O
on	O
TAFIM	B-Library
was	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
published	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TAFIM	B-Library
has	O
been	O
cancelled	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
document	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
the	O
whole	O
TAFIM	B-Library
concept	O
and	O
its	O
regulations	O
have	O
been	O
re-evaluated	O
and	O
found	O
inconsistent	O
with	O
the	O
newly	O
developed	O
DoDAF	O
architecture	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
all	O
references	O
to	O
TAFIM	B-Library
have	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
DoD	O
documentation	O
since	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TAFIM	B-Library
was	O
abruptly	O
cancelled	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
following	O
flaws	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
said	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
contributions	O
to	O
IT	O
architectural	O
thinking	O
introduced	O
within	O
the	O
TAFIM	B-Library
effort	O
were	O
retained	O
and	O
built	O
upon	O
through	O
DoDAF	O
,	O
including	O
TAFIM	B-Library
’s	O
central	O
concept	O
of	O
four	O
interdependent	O
architectural	O
views	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
concept	O
,	O
in	O
fact	O
,	O
lives	O
on	O
in	O
most	O
modern	O
discussions	O
of	O
IT	B-Architecture
architectures	I-Architecture
to	O
this	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Defense	O
has	O
developed	O
or	O
is	O
in	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
defining	O
technical	O
standards	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
with	O
the	O
Technical	B-Library
Architecture	I-Library
Framework	I-Library
for	I-Library
Information	I-Library
Management	I-Library
(	O
TAFIM	B-Library
)	O
,	O
the	O
Joint	O
Technical	B-Architecture
Architecture	I-Architecture
(	O
JTA	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Defense	O
Information	O
Infrastructure	O
Common	O
Operating	O
Environment	O
(	O
DII	O
COE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
defined	O
by	O
the	O
TAFIM	B-Library
,	O
consists	O
of	O
seven	O
distinct	O
,	O
but	O
interdependent	O
,	O
phases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Institutionalizing	O
the	O
ITA	B-Architecture
Process	O
:	O
This	O
phase	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
architecture	O
alive	O
and	O
well	O
by	O
continuously	O
improving	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Integrated	O
Model	O
of	O
Four	O
Architectural	O
Views	O
"	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
target	O
architecture	O
,	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
TAFIM	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
view	O
models	O
of	O
later	O
Enterprise	B-Library
Architecture	I-Library
frameworks	I-Library
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
DoDAF	O
the	O
views	O
are	O
presented	O
in	O
layers	O
and	O
no	O
longer	O
interconnected	O
.	O
</s>
