Information technology - Big data reference architecture - Part 3: Reference architecture

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Standards Development Organisation:
Canadian Standards Association (operating as CSA Group)
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Designation Number:
ISO/IEC 20547-3
Standard Type:
National Standard of Canada - Adoption of International Standard
Standard Development Activity:
New Standard
ICS code(s):
35.020
Status:
Proceeding to development
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Scope:

This document specifies the big data reference architecture (BDRA). The reference architecture includes concepts and architectural views.

The reference architecture specified in this document defines two architectural viewpoints:

  • a user view defining roles/sub-roles, their relationships, and types of activities within a big data ecosystem;
  • a functional view defining the architectural layers and the classes of functional components within those layers that implement the activities of the roles/sub-roles within the user view.

The BDRA is intended to:

  • provide a common language for the various stakeholders;
  • encourage adherence to common standards, specifications, and patterns;
  • provide consistency of implementation of technology to solve similar problem sets;
  • facilitate the understanding of the operational intricacies in big data;
  • illustrate and understand the various big data components, processes, and systems, in the context of an overall big data conceptual model;
  • provide a technical reference for government departments, agencies and other consumers to understand, discuss, categorize and compare big data solutions; and
  • facilitate the analysis of candidate standards for interoperability, portability, reusability, and extendibility.

Project need:

To align Canadian requirements with those of the respective international standards being proposed for adoption. To maintain alignment between Canadian information and communication technology standards and each respective international standard.

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