What are items A and B?

Consider the image showing basic architectural concepts.

What are items A and B?
A . A-Architecture Viewpoint, B-Architecture View
B . A-Architecture Board, B-Architecture Capability
C . A-Candidate Architecture, B-Trade-off
D . A-Requirement. B-Candidate Architecture

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Answer: A

Explanation:

– The image shows a diagram that illustrates the basic concepts of architecture description as defined by the ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011 standard1, which is also adopted by the TOGAF standard2.

– According to the ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011 standard, an architecture description is a work product

used to express an architecture, and it consists of one or more architecture views1.

– An architecture view is a representation of a system from the perspective of a related set of concerns, and it conforms to an architecture viewpoint1.

– An architecture viewpoint is a specification of the conventions for constructing and using an architecture view to address specific stakeholder concerns1.

– Therefore, the correct answer is option A, which identifies the items labeled as “A” and “B” in the image as an architecture viewpoint and an architecture view, respectively.

References:

– 1: ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011 – Systems and software engineering ― Architecture description1

– 2: TOGAF Standard, Version 9.2 – Part IV: Architecture Content Framework – 31. Architectural Artifacts2