Generic Pattern

A Pattern is a set of Building Blocks that form an infrastructure Product/Solution. A Pattern describes the architecture of a solution, being technology and organization agnostic. One ore more Pattern Types serve as archetypes for the modelling of a Pattern Variant, that outlines a solution at implementation level. It houses the general description of the intended functionality of the Pattern Variants based upon it. The full set of Pattern Types form the universal and basic structure of all Infrastructure Landscapes. A graphical overview of the Pattern Types that together form the archetype of the Infrastructure Landscape is depicted below:

Error: Image is invalid or non-existent.

17 Pattern Types are defined in this wiki, excluding 0 PATs under consideration, and 0 obsoleted PATs. Click on the Pattern Type names in the table below to access the Pattern Type descriptions/definitions and the Building Block Types they are composed of:

Pattern Type	Function	Mandatory BBTs	Optional BBTs	Sector	Maturity
Access Distribution	Provides smart access to back-end facilities, providing services such as caching, health/capacity based load balancing etc.	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	3
Access Security	Controls and secures (external) user connections with back-end facilities and applications	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	3
Application Hosting	Accommodates (business) applications and services	?S.A.D. Jumelet?	3
Content Hosting	Hosts content and makes it available in a suitable form(s) to users	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	3
Streams Management	A generic pattern to send out and/or receive data in time-dependent streams, such as audio, video or gaming information	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	3
Message Handling	Provides transport, storage and delivery of messages	S.A.D. Jumelet	3
Orchestration	Provides facilities to create, execute and control automated (business/application) workflows	S.A.D. Jumelet	2
User Workspace	Comprises a set of facilities that offer a digital workspace to end-users, that enables them to use and access applications and/or communicate with other end-users	S.A.D. Jumelet	3
Authentication & Authorization	Secures usage of facilities and applications by validating identities and permissions	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	3
Data Management	Provides preservation, retrieval, manipulation and management of strictly structured data, such as databases	?J.A.H. Schoonderbeek?	3
Data Transport	Comprises a set of facilities to transport data between automated systems	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	2
Data Zone Protection	Controls and secures data exchange between two data transport zones	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	3
File Storage	Carries out the storage and retrieval of loosely structured data at a single, logical location; can provide advanced functionality ("intelligence") to administrators and/or users.	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	4
Raw Storage	Carries out the storage and retrieval of "raw bits" data at a single, logical location; optionally provides advanced functionality ("intelligence") to administrators and/or users.	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	4
Facilities Deployment	Provides a set of facilities to automate the deployment and administration of platforms, applications and/or configurations	S.A.D. Jumelet	3
Facilities Monitoring	Comprises a set of facilities to enable centralized and intelligent monitoring of automated systems, either or both for system health care and security purposes	S.A.D. Jumelet	3
Identity & Permission Management	Provides consistent deployment and management of identity stores and/or permission registers	J.A.H. Schoonderbeek	3

Note: the following 0 Pattern Types have been proposed.

Pattern Type

Function

Mandatory BBTs

Optional BBTs

Sector

Maturity

Note: the following 0 Pattern Types have been obsoleted.