The Open Infrastructure Architecture method, or OIAm, is an open standard for the application of architecture to infrastructure.
OIAm and the community
The development of the method has from its early inception been published on the Internet under a
Creative Commons
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license, using a
Semantic MediaWiki
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based wiki for publication of standard content - originally the "DYA, Infrastructure Repository" (DIR),
currently the "Open Infrastructure Architecture repository" (OIAr).
[Open Infrastructure Architecture repository (OIAr)](_blank)
/ref> As a result of this, a community evolved consisting of architects and other people working with, or being interested in, the method. This community mainly revolves around the aforementioned OIAr, a LinkedIn
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group name
Open Infrastructure Architecture
and a semi-annual community meeting.
Modelling infrastructure under OIAm
Modelling infrastructure is done under OIAm using
* The ArchiMate
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license in a wiki designate
the OIAr
(Open Infrastructure Architecture repository), based on Semantic MediaWiki
Semantic MediaWiki (SMW) is an extension to MediaWiki that allows for annotating semantic data within wiki pages, thus turning a wiki that incorporates the extension into a semantic wiki. Data that has been encoded can be used in semantic search ...
;
* A workflow inspired by the work by Gerrit Blaauw[Gerrit A. Blaauw (1972)]
Computer Architecture
, ''Elektronische Rechenanlagen'', Vol 4, p. 154-159
References
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External links
DYA
at ''dya.info''
The OIAr repository
Enterprise architecture frameworks