| Feature | Standard | Professional |
| Architecture Repository | ||
| Hierarchical, structural model |
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| Completely customisable meta-model including model types and attributes ^ | |
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| Multiple architecture versions in a single repository | |
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| Scalable to thousands of elements | |
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| Collaborative with check-out/check-in and permissions ~ | |
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| Architectural Import/Export | ||
| Plain text (CSV, tab-delimited) | |
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| XML, XMI, xADL | |
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| Microsoft Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Word | |
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| DBs; IBM DB2, MS SQL Server, ODBC (Microsoft® Access®) | |
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| System Tools; CA Unicentre, IBM Tivoli, HP Openview, Centennial Discovery | |
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| Population | ||
| Model explorer and 2D diagramming | |
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| Standard pattern libraries (e.g. 3-tier, packaged application, outsourced) | |
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| Industry frameworks (e.g. Zachman, DoDAF, BPMN, TOGAF) | |
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| Standard products catalogue (e.g. HP Proliant 3000, Oracle 9i, Cisco 6506 and over 1,000 others) | |
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| Visualisation | ||
| Customisable 2D diagrams (e.g. Zachman, DoDAF, TOGAF) ^ | |
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| Customisable charts and graphs | |
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| 3D Visualisation | |
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| Publish entire model to web, including visualisations* | |
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| Evaluation | ||
| Customisable Scripting and Querying | |
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| Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) | |
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| Performance | |
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| Availability/Reliability | |
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| Openness | |
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| Modularity | |
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| Evolution, Comparison, Guidance | ||
| Architectural Differencing | |
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| Architectural Change Management (e.g. Add, Delete, Merge, Split, Move, Copy, Paste, Convert) | |
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| Architecture Trade-off Analysis | |
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| Quantitative Architectural Optimisation | |
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| Full online help with tutorial | |
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| ^ Customising meta-models and views requires ABACUS Designer Add-on. * Publishing models to web requires the ABACUS Publisher Add-on. ~ Collaboration and check-out/check-in requires ABACUS Enteprise Edition. |
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