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