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**AHRQ Technical Reference Model**

**Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality**

**Office of the Chief Information Officer**

**Version 0.1**

**January 24, 2006**

**Prepared by**

**Portfolio Management Consulting**

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Contents

**1.0 Technical Reference Model Overview
[4](#technical-reference-model-overview)**

1.1 Background [4](#background)

1.2 Purpose [4](#purpose)

1.3 Scope [5](#scope)

2.0 AHRQ Technical Standards Profile
[6](#ahrq-technical-standards-profile)

2.0.1 Process to Produce Recommendations
[6](#process-to-produce-recommendations)

2.0.2 Criterion Definition [6](#criterion-definition)

2.0.3 Disposition Definition [7](#disposition-definition)

2.0.4 FEA TRM Definitions [7](#fea-trm-definitions)

2.1 Component Framework [7](#component-framework)

2.2 Service Access and Delivery [8](#service-access-and-delivery)

2.3 Service Interface and Integration
[8](#service-interface-and-integration)

2.4 Service Platform and Infrastructure
[9](#service-platform-and-infrastructure)

Appendices [10](#appendices)

APPENDIX A -- AHRQ Technical Standards Profile
[11](#appendix-a-ahrq-technical-standards-profile)

APPENDIX B -- References [19](#appendix-b-references)

# 1.0 Technical Reference Model Overview

## 1.1 Background

The Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Technical Reference Model
(TRM) is a component-driven, technical framework categorizing the
standards and technologies to support and enable the delivery of
services and capabilities. It also unifies existing agency standards and
E-Gov guidance by providing a foundation to advance the reuse and
standardization of technology and services from a government-wide
perspective.

Aligning agency capital investments to the TRM leverages a common,
standardized vocabulary, allowing interagency discovery, collaboration,
and interoperability. Agencies and the federal government will benefit
from economies of scale by identifying and reusing the best solutions
and technologies to support their business functions, mission, and
target architecture.

Organized in a hierarchy, the TRM categorizes the standards and
technologies that collectively support the secure delivery, exchange,
and construction of business and applications that may be used and
leveraged in a component-based (CBA) or service-oriented architecture
(SOA). The defined Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) TRM consists
of:

-   **Service Areas** represent a technical tier supporting the secure
    construction, exchange, and delivery of Service Components. Each
    Service Area aggregates the standards and technologies into
    lower-level functional areas. Each Service Area consists of multiple
    Service Categories and Service Standards. This hierarchy provides
    the framework to group standards and technologies that directly
    support the Service Area.

-   **Service Categories** classify lower levels of technologies and
    standards with respect to the business or technology function they
    serve. In turn, each Service Category is comprised of one or more
    Service Standards.

-   **Service Standards** define the standards and technologies that
    support a Service Category. To support agency mapping into the FEA
    TRM, many of the Service Standards provide illustrative
    specifications or technologies as examples.

## 1.2 Purpose

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Technical
Reference Model (TRM) is designed to identify and select products that
will fulfill, or are likely to aid in fulfilling, the AHRQ architectural
vision and also identifies industry standards that support system
interoperability and consistency. These concepts make it much easier to
maintain and improve a diverse information technology environment. This
TRM documents the results of the identification and selection of the
standards and technologies to be used when planning and designing new
systems or upgrading current systems.

It is understood that new and innovative technologies are constantly
being brought to the market place. Therefore, it is plausible that a
product not on the standards list will be considered in the design or
upgrade of a system, if this is the case the program/project manager
will need to request a waiver from using the approved standard
technologies and provide justification as to why the new technology is
the best option. The appropriate review boards will consider the waiver
and, if approved, the new technology will be evaluated for inclusion on
the standards list.

## 1.3 Scope

This TRM presents only approved products and candidate approved
products. This does not include the entire baseline of products
currently in use at HHS or AHRQ. Rather, it establishes the common
standards for current and future information system projects. The
approved standards are presented in the AHRQ Technical Standards Profile
(TSP) found in Appendix A. This document does not address the standards
associated with desktop computing environment for two reasons; first,
this area of support falls under the Information Technology Support
Center (ITSC) contract under the Office of the Secretary and secondly,
the technologies in this are change rapidly and could possibly change
every quarter best on best market value.

# 

# 

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# 2.0 AHRQ Technical Standards Profile

**AHRQ TECHNICAL STANDARDS PROFILE (TSP)**

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Technical
Standards Profile (TSP) is a list of standards and products that are
approved for use in the agency. The list is organized according to the
FEA TRM taxonomy and will be used in two ways:

1.  Provide a reference point for evaluation of OMB 300s

2.  Provide a guide to new initiatives for what technologies should be
    used for specific areas

The adjoining table contains the adopted standards for the AHRQ TRM as
recommended by the review team comprised of staff from software
development, security and enterprise architecture groups and approved by
the CIO.

### 2.0.1 Process to Produce Recommendations

The technologies identified in this recommendation were produced using a
three step process:

1.  Identify standards and technologies currently in use at HHS and at
    AHRQ. The initial list of standards and technologies was extracted
    from the 2004 HHS TSP. This list was supplemented with technology
    inventories and standards provided by the AHRQ project teams.

2.  Synthesize data to identify which standards and technologies should
    be considered for current standards. An analysis was performed to
    determine which standards and products were proven market solutions,
    in widespread usage, and likely to have enterprise procurement
    vehicles.

3.  Working Session to determine recommendation list. Several working
    sessions along with review and comment cycles were conducted to
    evaluate the standards and technologies against the criteria
    outlined below. The results of these working sessions were presented
    for review to the CIO.

### 

### 2.0.2 Criterion Definition

The following criteria were used in determining if a technology should
be included in the AHRQ TSP:

**Interoperability (IO)** \-- A standard or technology that enables
software and hardware on different machines from different vendors to
communicate and share services. For example, standards for web services.

**Data Sharing (DS)** \-- A standard or technology that enables systems
to electronically exchange data. For example, a public standard XML
schema for exchanging health information.

**Overall Efficiency and Effectiveness of the Department as a Whole
(EFCT)** \-- A standard or technology that enables the department to
operate more efficiently and effectively. For example, a unified email
and calendaring package.

**Economies of Scale (EoS)** \-- A standard or technology that is in use
at multiple OPDIVs and may be less expensive to buy in bulk. For
example, a database or application server.

### Disposition Definition

The following definitions were used for classification of the
disposition of the service specifications:

**Standard** -- indicates the service specification is an approved
standard for use at AHRQ.

**Legacy** -- indicates the service specification is currently used at
AHRQ and will continue to be supported until it replaced or closed out
of service.

**Niche** -- indicates a service specification that is usually part of a
solution package or COTS product. For example, SQL Server is a database
used in several network and security management and monitoring
solutions, but Oracle is the approved preferred standard for relational
database technical solution.

**Evaluate** -- indicates a new version of a current standard or a new
technology that AHRQ intents to test and evaluate for possible standard
adoption.

### FEA TRM Definitions

The following sections are taken from the ***Consolidated Reference
Model*** of the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework. They define
the Service Areas along with the corresponding Service Categories and
Service Standards.

## 2.1 Component Framework

The Component Framework Service Area defines the underlying foundation
and technical elements by which Service Components are built, integrated
and deployed across Component-Based and Distributed Architectures. The
Component Framework consists of the design of application or system
software that incorporates interfaces for interacting with other
programs and for future flexibility and expandability.

This includes, but is not limited to, modules that are designed to
interoperate with each other at runtime. Components can be large or
small, written by different programmers using different development
environments and may be platform independent. Components can be executed
on standalone machines, a LAN, Intranet or the Internet.

-   **Security.** Security defines the methods of protecting information
    and information systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure,
    disruption, modification, or destruction in order to provide
    integrity, confidentiality and availability. Biometrics, two factor
    identification, encryption, and technologies based on the NIST
    FIPS140 standards are evolving areas of focus. See:
    http://csrc.nist.gov/cryptval/

-   **Presentation / Interface.** This defines the connection between
    the user and the software, consisting of the presentation that is
    physically represented on the screen.

-   **Business Logic.** Defines the software, protocol or method in
    which business rules are enforced within applications.

-   **Data Interchange**. Define the methods in which data is
    transferred and represented in and between software applications.

-   **Data Management.** Data management is the management of all
    data/information in an organization. It includes data
    administration, the standards for defining data and the way in which
    people perceive and use it.

## 2.2 Service Access and Delivery

The Service Access and Delivery Service Area defines the collection of
Access and Delivery Channels that will be used to leverage the Service
Component, and the legislative requirements that govern its use and
interaction.

-   **Access Channels.** Access Channels define the interface between an
    application and its users, whether it is a browser, personal digital
    assistant or other medium.

-   **Delivery Channels.** Delivery Channels define the level of access
    to applications and systems based upon the type of network used to
    deliver them.

-   **Service Requirements.** Service Requirements define the necessary
    aspects of an application, system or service to include legislative,
    performance, and hosting.

-   **Service Transport.** Service Transport defines the end to end
    management of the communications session to include the access and
    delivery protocols.

## 2.3 Service Interface and Integration

The Service Interface and Integration Service Area defines the
discovery, interaction and communication technologies joining disparate
systems and information providers. SOAs leverage and incorporate Service
Interface and Integration standards to provide interoperability and
scalability.

-   **Integration.** Integration defines the software services enabling
    elements of distributed business applications to interoperate. These
    elements can share function, content, and communications across
    heterogeneous computing environments. In particular, service
    integration offers a set of architecture services such as platform
    and service location transparency, transaction management, basic
    messaging between two points, and guaranteed message delivery.

-   **Interoperability.** Interoperability defines the capabilities of
    discovering and sharing data and services across disparate systems
    and vendors.

-   **Interface.** Interface defines the capabilities of communicating,
    transporting and exchanging information through a common dialog or
    method. Delivery Channels provide the information to reach the
    intended destination, whereas Interfaces allow the interaction to
    occur based on a predetermined framework.

## 2.4 Service Platform and Infrastructure

The Service Platform and Infrastructure Service Area define the
collection of platforms, hardware and infrastructure standards that
enable Component Based Architectures and Service Component reuse.

-   **Support Platforms.** Support platforms are hardware or software
    architectures. The term originally dealt with only hardware, and it
    is still used to refer to a CPU model or computer family.

-   **Delivery Servers.** Delivery Servers are front-end platforms that
    provide information to a requesting application. It includes the
    hardware, operating system, server software, and networking
    protocols.

-   **Software Engineering.** Software engineering covers the technology
    associated with building software systems as well as technical
    solutions supporting management issues, such as testing, modeling
    and versioning. The TRM is concerned with component technical
    architecture, not engineering processes.

-   **Database / Storage.** Database / Storage refers to a collection of
    programs that enables storage, modification, and extraction of
    information from a database, and various techniques and devices for
    storing large amounts of data.

-   **Hardware / Infrastructure.** Defines the physical devices,
    facilities and standards that provide the computing and networking
    within and between enterprises.

# 

# Appendices

**Appendix A -- AHRQ Technical Standards Profile**

**Appendix B -- References**

# APPENDIX A -- AHRQ Technical Standards Profile

  ------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------
  **Service     **Service        **Service        **Service         **Criteria**                                 **Disposition**
  Area**        Category**       Standard**       Specification**                                                

                                                                    **IO**         **DS**   **EFCT**   **EoS**   

  **Component   **Business       **Platform       VB Script         ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard
  Framework**   Logic**          Dependent**                                                                     

                                                  C-Sharp (c#)      ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                  Visual Basic      ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                  Visual Basic .NET **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                 **Platform       Java              **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard
                                 Independent**                                                                   

                                                  Java Script       ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                  C/C++             ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                **Data           **Data           ebXML             **X**          **X**    **X**      ** **     Standard
                Interchange**    Exchange**                                                                      

                                                  Simple Object     **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard
                                                  Access Protocol                                                
                                                  (SOAP)                                                         

                                                  Coldfusion (CFML) **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Niche

                                                  ISO 11179         **X**          **X**    **X**      ** **     Standard

                **Data           **Database       JDBC              **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard
                Management**     Connectivity**                                                                  

                                                  Open Database     **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard
                                                  Connectivity                                                   
                                                  (ODBC)                                                         

                                                  PL/SQL            **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard

                                                  Net 9             **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard

                                                  Net 8             **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Legacy

                                 **Reporting /    Microsoft Office  **X**          **X**    **X**      **X**     Standard
                                 Analysis**       Pro                                                            

                                                  Adobe Acrobat     **X**          **X**    **X**      **X**     Standard

                                                  SAS               **X**          **X**    **X**      **X**     Standard

                                                  Crystal Reports   **X**          **X**    ** **      ** **     Legacy

                                                  Oracle Reports    **X**          **X**    **X**      **X**     Standard

                **Presentation   **Content        XHTML             **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard
                Interface**      Rendering**                                                                     

                                                  Dynamic DHTML     **X**          **X**    ** **      ** **     Standard

                                                  Cascading Style   **X**          **X**    ** **      ** **     Standard
                                                  Sheets                                                         

                                 **Dynamic /      Java Server Pages **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard
                                 Server-Side                                                                     
                                 Display**                                                                       

                                                  ASP .NET          **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Niche

                                                  Active Server     **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard
                                                  Pages                                                          

                                 **Static         HTML              **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard
                                 Display**                                                                       

                                 **Wireless /     **No              ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **      
                                 Mobile / Voice** Specification                                                  
                                                  Recommended**                                                  
  ------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------

  ------------- -------------- ------------------ ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------
  **Service     **Service      **Service          **Service         **Criteria**                                 **Disposition**
  Area**        Category**     Standard**         Specification**                                                

                                                                    **IO**         **DS**   **EFCT**   **EoS**   

  **Component   **Security**   **Certificates /   Digital           **X**                              ** **     Standard
  Framework**                  Digital            Certificate                                                    
                               Signatures**       Authentication                                                 

                                                  Secure Sockets    **X**                              ** **     Standard
                                                  Layer (SSL)                                                    

                                                  FIPS 186          **X**                              ** **     Standard

                                                  HHS PKI Program   **X**                              **X**     Standard

                               **Supporting       Secure            **X**                              ** **     Standard
                               Security           Multipurpose                                                   
                               Services**         Internet Mail                                                  
                                                  Extensions                                                     
                                                  (S/MIME)                                                       

                                                  Transport Layer   **X**                              ** **     Standard
                                                  Security (TLS)                                                 

                                                  Web Services      **X**                              ** **     Standard
                                                  Security                                                       
                                                  (WS-Security)                                                  

                                                  Security          **X**                              ** **     Standard
                                                  Assertion Markup                                               
                                                  Language (SAML)                                                

  **Component   **Security**   **Security         Simple Key        **X**                              ** **     Standard
  Framework**                  Services**         Management                                                     
                                                  Protocol (SKIP)                                                

                                                  Secure Shell      **X**                              ** **     Standard
                                                  (SSH)                                                          

                                                  Applications      **X**                              ** **     Standard

                                                  Cryptography      **X**                              ** **     Standard

                                                  Environment       **X**                              ** **     Standard
                                                  Management                                                     

                                                  Intrusion         **X**                              ** **     Standard
                                                  Detection                                                      

                                                  Security Layers   **X**                              ** **     Standard
                                                  (Physical, Link,                                               
                                                  Network)                                                       

  **Service     **Access       **Collaboration    Microsoft         **X**          **X**    **X**      **X**     Standard
  Access and    Channels**     Communications**   Exchange Client                                                
  Delivery**                                                                                                     

                                                  Outlook           **X**          **X**    **X**      **X**     Standard

                                                  Outlook Web       **X**          **X**    **X**      **X**     Standard
                                                  Access                                                         
  ------------- -------------- ------------------ ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------

  --------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------
  **Service       **Service        **Service       **Service         **Criteria**                                 **Disposition**
  Area**          Category**       Standard**      Specification**                                                

                                                                     **IO**         **DS**   **EFCT**   **EoS**   

  **Service       **Access         **Other         X-windows, X11R6  **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard
  Access and      Channels**       Electronic                                                                     
  Delivery**                       Channels**                                                                     

                                                                     ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **      

                                                                     ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **      

                                   **Web           Internet Explorer **X**          **X**    **X**      ** **     Standard
                                   Browsers**      6.0                                                            

                                                   Netscape          **X**          **X**    **X**      ** **     Standard
                                                   Communicator                                                   

                                   **Wireless /    Blackberry 4.0    ** **          **X**    **X**      ** **     Standard
                                   PDA**                                                                          

                  **Service        **Hosting**     **No              ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     ** **
                  Requirements**                   Specification                                                  
                                                   Recommended**                                                  

                                                   **No              ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     ** **
                                                   Specification                                                  
                                                   Recommended**                                                  

                                   **Legislative   **No              ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     ** **
                                   Compliance**    Specification                                                  
                                                   Recommended**                                                  

                  **Service        **Service       FTP               **X**          **X**    ** **      ** **     Standard
                  Transport**      Transport**                                                                    

                                                   HTTP              **X**          **X**    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                   HTTPS             **X**          **X**    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                   TCP/IP            **X**          **X**    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                   Telnet            **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Legacy

                                                   ICMP              ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard

                  **Service        **Supporting    DHCP              **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard
                  Transport**      Network                                                                        
                                   Services**                                                                     

                                                   DNS               **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                   IMAP/POP3         **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard

                                                   LDAP              **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                   MIME              **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard

                                                   SMTP              **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                   SNMP              **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                   SunOne LDAP       **X**          ** **    **X**      **X**     Standard
                                                   Server                                                         

                                                   X.500             **X**          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard

                                                   Microsoft Active  **X**          ** **    **X**      **X**     Standard
                                                   Directory                                                      

  **Service       **Interface**    **Service       **No              ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     ** **
  Interface and                    Description     Specification                                                  
  Integration**                    Interface**     Recommended**                                                  

                                   **Service       **No              ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     ** **
                                   Discovery**     Specification                                                  
                                                   Recommended**                                                  
  --------------- ---------------- --------------- ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------

  --------------- ---------------------- ------------------ ----------------- -------------- ------- -------- ------- ---------- ------- --------- ------- ----------------- ----------
  **Service       **Service Category**   **Service          **Service         **Criteria**                                                                 **Disposition**   
  Area**                                 Standard**         Specification**                                                                                                  

                                                                              **IO**                 **DS**           **EFCT**           **EoS**                             

  **Service       **Integration**        **Enterprise       Plumtree Portal                  ** **            **X**              **X**             **X**                     Standard
  Interface and                          Application                                                                                                                         
  Integration**                          Integration**                                                                                                                       

                                                            Citrix Terminal                  ** **            ** **              **X**             **X**                     Standard
                                                            Server                                                                                                           

                                         **Middleware**     ActiveX                          **X**            ** **              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            Object Request                   ** **            ** **              ** **             ** **                      
                                                            Broker (ORB):                                                                                                    
                                                            COM+                                                                                                             

                  **Integration**        **Middleware:**    Net IQ Webtrends                 **X**            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard
                                         *Transaction                                                                                                                        
                                         Process                                                                                                                             
                                         Monitoring*                                                                                                                         

                                                            Rational                         **X**            ** **              **X**             **X**                     Standard
                                                            Performance                                                                                                      
                                                            Studio                                                                                                           

                  **Interoperability**   **Data             Electronic Data                  **X**            ** **              ** **             ** **                     Standard
                                         Transformation**   Interchange (EDI)                                                                                                

                                                            XML                              **X**            **X**              **X**             ** **                     Standard

                                                            XSLT                             ** **            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            Informatica                      ** **            **X**              ** **             **X**                     Standard

                                                            Adobe Acrobat                    **X**            ** **              ** **             **X**                     Standard

                                                            Lightweight                      **X**            ** **              ** **             ** **                     Standard
                                                            Directory                                                                                                        
                                                            Interchange                                                                                                      
                                                            Format (LDIF)                                                                                                    

                                         **Data Types       XML                              **X**            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard
                                         /Validation**                                                                                                                       

                                                                                             ** **            ** **              ** **             ** **                      

                  **Interoperability**   **Data Format /    XML                              **X**            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard
                                         Classification**                                                                                                                    

                                                            PDF                              ** **            **X**              **X**             **X**                     Standard

                                                            ACS X12                          ** **            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            HL7 v2.3+                        ** **            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            IEEE 1073 (MIB)                  **X**            ** **              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            DICOM                            **X**            ** **              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            LOINIC                           ** **            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            SNOMED CT                        ** **            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            HUGN                             ** **            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            HIPPA                            ** **            **X**              ** **             ** **                     Standard

                                                            Healthcare                       **X**            **X**              **X**             ** **                      
                                                            Electronic                                                                                                       
                                                            Transaction                                                                                                      
                                                            Standard Format                                                                                                  
  --------------- ---------------------- ------------------ ----------------- -------------- ------- -------- ------- ---------- ------- --------- ------- ----------------- ----------

  ------------------ ------------------ -------------- ----------------- ------------- -------------- -------- ------- ---------- ------- --------- -----------------
  **Service Area**   **Service          **Service      **Service                       **Criteria**                                                 **Disposition**
                     Category**         Standard**     Specification**                                                                              

                                                                                       **IO**         **DS**           **EFCT**           **EoS**   

  **Service Platform **Database /       **Database**                     Oracle        **X**          ** **    **X**              **X**             Standard
  and                Storage**                                                                                                                      
  Infrastructure**                                                                                                                                  

                                                                         MS Access     **X**          **X**    **X**              **X**             Legacy / Niche

                                                                         SQL Server    **X**          ** **    **X**              ** **             Niche

                                                                         MY SQL Server ** **          ** **    ** **              ** **             Legacy /Niche

                                        **Storage**                      Clariion SAN  **X**          ** **    **X**              ** **             Standard
                                                                         CX7000                                                                     

                                                                         HP RAID       ** **          **X**    ** **              **X**             Standard

                     **Delivery         **Web                            Apache        ** **          **X**    **X**              ** **             Niche
                     Servers**          Servers**                                                                                                   

                                                                         Oracle        **X**          **X**    ** **              **X**             Standard
                                                                         Application                                                                
                                                                         Server 10g                                                                 

                                                                         Microsoft     **X**          ** **    **X**              **X**             Standard
                                                                         Internet                                                                   
                                                                         Information                                                                
                                                                         Server 6.0                                                                 

                                        **Media                          Real Player   **X**          **X**    **X**              **X**             Standard
                                        Servers**                        10                                                                         

                                                                         MS Windows    **X**          **X**    **X**              **X**             Standard
                                                                         Media Player                                                               
                                                                         10                                                                         

  **Service Platform **Hardware /       **Embedded                       Dual Intel    ** **          ** **    ** **              ** **             Standard
  and                Infrastructure**   Technology                       Xeon                                                                       
  Infrastructure**                      Devices**                        Processors                                                                 

                                                                         Dual Fiber    ** **          ** **    ** **              ** **             Standard
                                                                         Channel Host                                                               
                                                                         bus adapters                                                               

                                        **Local Area                     Cisco Family  **X**          ** **    **X**              **X**             Standard
                                        Network**                        of routers                                                                 
                                                                         and switches                                                               

                                                                         802.3, 802.11 ** **          ** **    **X**              ** **             Standard
                                                                         A/B/G                                                                      

                                                                         Dual          ** **          ** **    **X**              ** **             Standard
                                                                         10/100/1000                                                                
                                                                         NIC                                                                        
                                                                         (Ethernet)                                                                 

                                        **Wide Area                      Cisco Family  **X**          ** **    **X**              **X**             Standard
                                        Network**                        of routers                                                                 
                                                                         and switches                                                               

                                                                         Steel Belted  ** **          **X**    ** **              ** **             Standard
                                                                         Radius                                                                     

                                                                         PPP           **X**          ** **    ** **              ** **             Standard

                                                                         Dial-up       **X**          ** **    ** **              ** **             Standard

                                                                         100 mb Fiber  **X**          ** **    ** **              ** **             Standard
                                                                         Optic                                                                      
                                                                         Backbone                                                                   

                                                                         CSMA/CD       **X**          ** **    ** **              ** **             Standard

                                                                         Aventail VPN  ** **          **X**    ** **              ** **             Standard
                                                                         Appliance                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                    
  ------------------ ------------------ -------------- ----------------- ------------- -------------- -------- ------- ---------- ------- --------- -----------------

  ------------------ ------------------ --------------- ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------
  **Service Area**   **Service          **Service       **Service         **Criteria**                                 **Disposition**
                     Category**         Standard**      Specification**                                                

                                                                                                                       

                                                                          **IO**         **DS**   **EFCT**   **EoS**   

  **Service Platform **Hardware /       **Network       Cisco Family of   **X**          ** **    **X**      **X**     Standard
  and                Infrastructure**   Devices /       routers and                                                    
  Infrastructure**                      Standards**     switches                                                       

                                                        Brocade Fiber     ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard
                                                        Channel Switches                                               

                                                        Aventail VPN      ** **          **X**    ** **      ** **     Standard
                                                        Appliance                                                      

                                                        Firewall          ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Standard
                                                        (Netscreen)                                                    

                                        Peripherals     HP Printers       **X**          ** **    ** **      **X**     Standard

                                                        Cannon Image      ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Niche
                                                        Runners                                                        

                                                        Sharp Printers    ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Niche

                                                        HP Network        **X**          ** **    ** **      **X**     Standard
                                                        Senders                                                        

                                        Video           **No              ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     ** **
                                        Conferencing    Specification                                                  
                                                        Recommended**                                                  

                                        Servers /       HP Family of      **X**          ** **    **X**      **X**     Standard
                                        Computers       Servers                                                        

                                                                          ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **      

                     **Software         Integrated      Oracle Jdeveloper **X**          **X**    ** **      **X**     Standard
                     Engineering**      Development                                                                    
                                        Environment                                                                    

                                                        Visual Studio     ** **          **X**    ** **      **X**     Standard

                                                        Macromedia Studio ** **          **X**    ** **      ** **     Standard
                                                        MX                                                             

                                        Modeling        Visio             ** **          **X**    ** **      **X**     Standard

                                                        Rational Rose     ** **          **X**    ** **      **X**     Standard

                                                        Métis             ** **          **X**    ** **      **X**     Standard

                                                        Erwin             ** **          **X**    ** **      **X**     Standard

                                                        All Fusion        ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Legacy
                                                        st./BPWin                                                      

                                        Software        Rational          **X**          **X**    **X**      **X**     Standard
                                        Configuration   ClearCase                                                      
                                        Management                                                                     

                                                        Rational          **X**          **X**    **X**      **X**     Standard
                                                        ClearQuest                                                     

                                                        Microsoft Project ** **          **X**    ** **      **X**      

                                        Test Management Rational Test     **X**          ** **    **X**      **X**     Standard
                                                        Manager                                                        

                                                        Rational Robot    **X**          ** **    ** **      **X**     Standard

                                                        Infocus 508       ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Niche
  ------------------ ------------------ --------------- ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------

  ------------------ -------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------
  **Service Area**   **Service      **Service     **Service         **Criteria**                                 **Disposition**
                     Category**     Standard**    Specification**                                                

                                                                    **IO**         **DS**   **EFCT**   **EoS**   

  **Service Platform **Supporting   Platform      Windows 2003      ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard
  and                Platforms**    Dependent                                                                    
  Infrastructure**                                                                                               

                                                  Windows 2000      ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Legacy

                                                  Windows NT        ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Legacy

                                                  Mac OS X          ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                  z/OS              ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                     **Supporting   Platform      Red Hat Linux 7.3 ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Legacy
                     Platforms**    Independent                                                                  

                                                  Solaris 8         ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Legacy

                                                  Solaris 9         ** **          ** **    ** **      ** **     Legacy

                                                  POSIX             ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard

                                                  Red Hat Linux     ** **          ** **    **X**      ** **     Standard
                                                  Server                                                         

                                                  Red Hat Linux     **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Evaluate
                                                  10.0                                                           

                                                  Solaris 10        **X**          ** **    **X**      ** **     Evaluate

                                    Wireless /    Blackberry 4.0    **X**          **X**    ** **      **X**     Standard
                                    Mobile                                                                       
  ------------------ -------------- ------------- ----------------- -------------- -------- ---------- --------- -----------------

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# APPENDIX B -- References

1.  AHRQ's Enterprise Architecture. Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation by
    Brian O'Rourke, Chief Technology Officer, Agency for Healthcare
    Research and Quality, 2004.

2.  Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, Public Law 104-106, section 5125, 110
    Stat. 684 (1996)

3.  Enabling Citizen-centric Electronic Government. 2005-2006 FEA PMO
    Action Plan. OMB, March 2005.

4.  A Framework for Assessing and Improving Enterprise Architecture
    Management (Version 1.1). General Accounting Office, April 2003.

5.  Federal Enterprise Architecture Consolidated Reference Model.
    Executive Office of the President of the United States. May 2005.

6.  FY 06 A-11 FEA Additional Requirements and Guidelines. OMB, FEA PMO,
    July 30, 2004.

7.  Guidelines for Enterprise Architecture Assessment Framework. OMB FEA
    PMO, April 2004.

8.  HHS Enterprise Architecture -- Framework (version 8.0). HHS
    Enterprise Architecture Program Management Office, December 31,
    2005.

9.  HHS Technical Standards Profile (version 1). HHS Enterprise
    Architecture Program Office, December 2004.

10. NASCIO EA Development Tool-kit: Introduction and Architecture
    Governance, Version 3.0, National Association of State Chief
    Information Officers, October 2004.