本文件规定了组织和记录企业、系统和应用软件领域架构评估的方法。 本文档的目的是实现架构评估，该评估用于:a）验证架构是否解决了利益相关者的问题；b） 评估与预期用途相关的建筑质量；c） 评估架构对其利益相关者的价值；d） 确定架构实体是否满足其预期目的；e） 提供有关架构实体的知识和信息；f） 评估实现架构目标的进展； g） 澄清对问题空间以及利益相关者需求和期望的理解；h） 识别与架构相关的风险和机遇；i）支持涉及架构的决策。

This document specifies the means to organize and record architecture evaluations for enterprise, systems and software fields of application. The aim of this document is to enable architecture evaluations that are used to: a) validate that architectures address the concerns of stakeholders; b) assess the quality of architectures with respect to their intended purpose; c) assess the value of architectures to their stakeholders; d) determine whether architecture entities address their intended purpose; e) provide knowledge and information about architecture entities; f) assess progress towards achieving architecture objectives; g) clarify understanding of problem space and of stakeholder needs and expectations; h) identify risks and opportunities associated with architectures; and i) support decision making where architectures are involved.