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ISO/IEC 42010 is an international standard for architecture description of systems and software. It defines concepts such as stakeholders, viewpoints, and views, and specifies requirements for architecture documentation and frameworks. The standard enables consistent, traceable architecture communication and supports governance across projects.
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ISO/IEC 42010 is an international standard for structuring and communicating architecture descriptions.
The standard continues the earlier IEEE 1471 work on describing software and systems architectures. ISO, IEC, and IEEE developed it further; the 2011 edition established terms such as stakeholder, concern, view, and viewpoint as shared foundations.
Think of a city map with several layers: one view shows traffic and another utilities. The standard explains how views relate to concerns and viewers so they collectively describe an architecture.
A person or group affected by or interested in an architecture.
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Rules and language for creating a particular architecture view.
ISO/IEC 42010 provides shared terms for architecture decisions and documentation. It improves communication and traceability and helps choose views that fit different concerns.
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