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=== Concept === The basic idea behind the Zachman Framework is that the same complex thing or item can be described for different purposes in different ways using different types of descriptions (e.g., textual, graphical). The Zachman Framework provides the thirty-six necessary categories for completely describing anything; especially complex things like manufactured goods (e.g., appliances), constructed structures (e.g., buildings), and enterprises (i.e., the organization and all of its goals, people, and technologies). The framework provides six different transformations of an abstract idea (not increasing in detail, but transforming) from six different perspectives.<ref name="VA01">VA Enterprise Architecture Innovation Team (2001). [http://www.usa-federal-forms.com/va/3-pdf-forms_pubs/www.va.gov/oirm/architecture/EA/strategy/VAEAVersion-10-01.pdf ''Enterprise Architecture: Strategy, Governance, & Implementation''] report Department of Veterans Affairs, August, 2001.</ref> It allows different people to look at the same thing from different perspectives. This creates a holistic view of the environment, an important capability illustrated in the figure.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070628003649/http://inmongif.com/_fileCabinet/gifzach.pdf The government information factory and the Zachman Framework]}} by W. H. Inmon, 2003. p. 4. Accessed July 14, 2009.</ref>
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