2007年5月，MSDN Architecture Center发表了

Building Distributed Applications

A Comparison of the Top Four Enterprise-Architecture Methodologies

URL:http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb466232.aspx

Roger Sessions
ObjectWatch, Inc.

Summary: Twenty years ago, a new field was born that soon came to be known as enterprise architecture. This paper covers a broad introduction to the field of enterprise architecture. Although the history of the field goes back 20 years, the field is still evolving—and rapidly so. (36 printed pages)

Contents

Executive Summary
Introduction
A Brief History of Enterprise Architecture
Case Study
The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architectures
The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)
Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA)
Gartner
Comparison
Conclusion
Glossary
References

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