Architecture Framework (glossary)
Conventions, principles and practices for the description of architectures established within a specific domain of application and/or community of stakeholders. (ISO/IEC/IEEE 2011)
Source
ISO/IEC/IEEE. 2011. Systems and software engineering - Architecture description. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organisation for Standardisation / International Electrotechnical Commissions. ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011. Available at https://www.iso.org/standard/50508.html.
Discussion
Examples of architecture frameworks include:
DoDAF: (DOD. 2010. DOD Architecture Framework. Version 2.02. Arlington, VA, USA: US Department of Defense. Available at: http://cio-nii.defense.gov/sites/dodaf20/)
MoDAF: (MOD. 2010. MOD Architecture Framework. Version 1.2.004. UK Ministry of Defence. Available at: http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/WhatWeDo/InformationManagement/MODAF/.)
TOGAF: (The Open Group. 2011. TOGAF, version 9.1. Hogeweg, The Netherlands: Van Haren Publishing. Accessed August 29, 2012. Available at: https://www2.opengroup.org/ogsys/jsp/publications/PublicationDetails.jsp?catalogno=g116.)
TRAK: TRAK Enterprise Architecture Framework. Available at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/trak/. Recognised by an INCOSE team award (https://www.incose.org/about-incose/incose-recognition/working-group-awards#2011)
Zachamn: (Zachman, J. 2008. "John Zachman's Concise Definition of The Zachman Framework™." Zachman International Enterprise Architecture. Accessed August 29, 2012. Available at: http://www.zachman.com/about-the-zachman-framework.)
See the section 'Enterprise Architecture Frameworks & Methodologies' in Enterprise Systems Engineering Key Concepts