This forum would allow localities and organizations to relate their extensions to the core standard and to define relationships to other extensions. This activity would likely be a natural extension of the ANSI HISB Metadata Registry work. Closing Comments I would like to thank the Committee for the opportunity to present my views in this area. Though ultimately this testimony reflects my views, it also reflects input from several individuals who were kind enough to offer me their thoughts, comments, and support. In particular I would like to recognize Tom Beale, Jim Demetriades, Doug Felton, David VonRinteln, Steve Wagner, and Sherri Walter for their substantial contribution to this work.
Architecture is the volume containing the viewpoint specifications.
RM-ODP identifies five viewpoints which have proven useful in separating concerns in complex distributed systems.