specific form of a system architecture for use as a tool in the initial stages of an ITS implementation; non specified system design for a family of functionally different ITS systems, interconnected to operate in consort; it is the non specified system design for a family of functionally different systems, interconnected to operate in harmony. An ITS architecture can be described from different viewpoints, and from multiple viewpoints by conceptual, logical and / or physical representations.

NOTE An ITS Architecture is not specific to any single location. Additional terms may be explicitly referenced in individual standards or references to the source definition explicitly provided.