An Architecture Building Block is a logical description of a component that stays independent of any supplier. Belonging to the Architecture Continuum, it records what the architecture requires and guides how Solution Building Blocks are chosen or built.
Also called Architecture Building Block.
Read more: TOGAF Standard
In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains ABB in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Logical
Independent of any implementation. Each logical design is made real through a physical counterpart.
- Azure Machine Learning component
Reusable building block for a pipeline, versioned and self-contained, much like a function: it declares a name, inputs and outputs, and bundles the command, code and environment it runs.
- Architecture Continuum
Within the Enterprise Continuum, this is where architecture assets and architecture building blocks are classified, running from Foundation and Common Systems architectures through Industry ones to those that are Organization-Specific.