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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Since first published in a 1987 issue of the
<i><span style="font-style:italic">IBM Systems Journal</span></i>, the “Zachman Framework” has been the gold standard for enterprise architecture thinking. Zachman’s original logic remains unchanged to this day, but over the years the labels and terminology
associated with it have evolved toward greater clarity. The newest version of “The Zachman Framework for Enterprise Architecture” (also known as The Enterprise Ontology) was released last week and you can get a free copy of it at
<a href="http://zachman.com/index.php/about-the-zachman-framework">http://zachman.com/index.php/about-the-zachman-framework</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Best wishes,<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" color="black" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold">“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” – Voltaire</span></font></b><b><font size="3" color="black"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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</span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Leon A. Kappelman, Ph.D.</span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">
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Professor of Information Systems <br>
Director Emeritus, Information Systems Research Center<br>
Fellow, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge<br>
College of Business, University of North Texas<br>
Voice: 940-565-4698 Fax: 940-565-4935 Email: </span></font><font color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:kapp@unt.edu"><font size="1" color="blue"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:blue">kapp@unt.edu</span></font></a></span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
Website: </span></font><font color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://courses.unt.edu/kappelman/"><font size="1" color="blue"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:blue">http://courses.unt.edu/kappelman/</span></font></a></span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
</span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Founding Chair, Society for Information Management's Enterprise Architecture Working Group</span></font><font size="1" color="black" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black"><br>
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