For instance, the ???message routing??? technological function depicts a
middleware product that has the capacity to dispatch messages.
CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE MODELING SYMBOLS. To depict a descriptive conceptual diagram,
a notation is used that illustrates the relationship between the conceptual architecture model
constituents: business, technology, and architectural concepts. The proposed symbols identify the
hierarchical associations between technological packaged assets, describe their functionalities,
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Conceptualized as...
Function of...
Extended
Owner of...
Recognized
Comment
EXHIBIT 15.21 CONCEPTUAL ARCHITECTURE
NOTATION
depict their business ownership, and further elaborate on architectural abstractions. Exhibit 15.21
illustrates these six icons that are also described as follows.
??? Recognized. Once architectural concepts have been established, the recognized symbol
may be used to describe potential collaboration between various architectural concept elements.
Remember, the recognized icon does not depict process flow or message exchange
paths between architectural concepts. This symbol merely presents reusability opportunities
and dependency between technological abstractions. For example, the entertainment
news data aggregator architectural concept may use the entertainment news hub architectural
concept to access a variety of entertainment news providers.
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