Federated Architecture 

Type - Term
Description: Federated Architecture is an approach for enterprise architecture development, composed of a set of coherent but distinct entity architectures, with shared responsibilities across members of the federation. The members of the federation participate to produce an interoperable, effectively integrated enterprise architecture. The federation sets the overarching rules of the federated architecture, defining the policies, practices, and legislation to be followed as well as the interfederate procedures and processes, data interchanges, and interface standards to be observed by all members. Each federation member conforms to the Enterprise view and overarching rules of the federation in developing its architecture. Internal to themselves, each focuses on their separate mission and the architecture that supports that mission. 
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Comments: Enterprise Transition Plan Glossary