1) IEEE 1471 is a standard for architectural description of software systems that was developed by the IEEE Computer Society. It provides a framework for describing architectures including key concepts like stakeholders, concerns, views, and viewpoints.
2) The document outlines the history and development of IEEE 1471 from 1995 to its approval in 2000. It discusses the goals of establishing terminology and best practices for architectural descriptions.
3) IEEE 1471 defines important terms like architecture, view, and viewpoint. An architectural description is a set of products that document a system's architecture from the perspectives of different stakeholders' concerns through multiple views. Each view is defined by a viewpoint.