# reference-architecture

**Repository Path**: mirrors_wso2/reference-architecture

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: reference-architecture
- **Description**: The Reference Architecture for Agility is a technology-neutral logical architecture based on a disaggregated cloud-based model.
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- **Created**: 2020-08-19
- **Last Updated**: 2026-08-08

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## README

# Emerging Reference Architectural Patterns & Guides

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A proven approach to helping every development organization become an integration agile organization. The Reference Architecture for Agility is a technology neutral logical architecture based on a disaggregated cloud-based model. It can be applied in incremental stages to create an integration agile foundation for any digital enterprises - deployable in private, public or hybrid cloud environments.

We welcome and appreciate any feedback, changes, or contributions. Please send a pull request, create a github issue.

+ ### [Cell-based Architecture (CBA)](reference-architecture-cell-based.md) - *Decentralized, Cloud native, Microservice compliant* 
  
  Functional capabilities grouped in an architecture unit based on scope and ownership. It is decentralized where data moves within and across cells and governance are transparently applied through a control plane embedded within cells.

+ ### [Layered and Segmented Architecture](reference-architecture-layered-segmented.md) -  *API-centric centralized architectures*

  The focus of the enterprises moved to API-driven with the digital transformation became the strategy. As a result, the business and the technical architecture moved from service-orientation to API-centric. The primary focus of this specification is to look at the architecture approaches taken by the industry and represent those patterns as generic reference architectures. We identified two reference architectures, layered and segmented which we will be discussing in detail in this paper.

  * __Segmented Reference Architecture__: Functional capabilities sub-grouped within layers based on organizational ownership. It is a centralized system where data flow moves from layer to layer.
  
  * __Layered Reference Architecture__: Functional capabilities grouped in layers by following a System of Systems view. It is a centralized system where data moves from layer to layer.
  
## Architectural Guides & Concept Papers 

+ ### [Trusted AI Governance](trusted-ai-governance.md)
This paper presents an architectural thesis for governing agentic systems in the enterprise. The core shift is from model trust and output review to a system of control that governs boundaries, delegation, runtime behavior, evidence, and economic exposure. The paper is intentionally vendor-neutral. It defines the governance problem and the required architecture based on enterprise needs, not on any product, platform, or implementation boundary.

+ ### [Platformless - Improving Enterprise Software Engineering with Platformless Computing](platformless.md)

This paper introduces the 'Platformless' concept, emphasizing its intersections with APIs, cloud native middleware practices, and platform engineering in the context of modern enterprise software engineering.

+ ### [Internal Developer Platform (IDP) - A Technical Definition](internal-developer-platform.md)

Explore a comprehensive definition of the Internal Developer Platform (IDP), covering its scope beyond CI/CD and infrastructure automation. This guide offers in-depth architectural insights aimed at technical decision-makers, application architects, platform architects and platform engineers.

## Technology-Specific Reference Architectural Patterns

+ ### [Cells as the Containment Unit for Agentic Systems](cells-as-the-containment-unit-for-agentic-systems.md)

+ ### [API-driven Microservice Architecture](api-driven-microservice-architecture.md)

+ ### [Cloud Native Architecture](reference-cloud-native-architecture-digital-enterprise.md) 
    
+ ### [CIAM - A WSO2 Reference Architecture](ciam-wso2-reference-architecture.md)

+ ### [Event-driven APIs in Microservice Architectures](event-driven-api-architecture.md)

+ ### [A Cloud Native Digital Enterprise](digital-enterprise-k8s-wso2-api-platform.md)