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Architecture Description Language
GL-645 · also ADL, Modeling Language
A modeling language with defined elements, relationships and rules for describing an architecture, so a model can be checked, exchanged between tools and read the same way by everyone who uses it.
ArchiMate is the usual choice for enterprise architecture, SysML for engineered systems and UML for software design. Pick the one your readers and tools share; a precise language nobody else reads describes nothing.
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