Framework (glossary)
Architectural Framework: 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 Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010.
Discussion
Examples are the Generalised Enterprise Reference Architecture and Methodologies (GERAM) (ISO 15704) and the Reference Model of Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP) (ISO/IEC 10746).
Works Cited
ISO. 2000. Industrial Automation Systems -- Requirements for Enterprise-Reference Architectures and Methodologies. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO 15704:2000.
SO/IEC. 1998. Information Technology — Open Distributed Processing — Reference Model: Architecture. Geneva, Switzerland: International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), ISO/IEC 10746:1998.