Some of the concepts didn't always fit cleanly into the CIM data model definitions, and the team faced a constant temptation to solve the problem by defining a data concept in a specific application.

一些概念不能简便地套用CIM数据模型定义，团队一直在考虑是否要通过在特定的应用程序中定义数据概念来解决问题。

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SOA is about the architecture of the enterprise, using services as a defining concept.

SOA关心的是企业架构，使用服务作为定义概念。

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The IEEE 802.1q standard provides the networking standard for VLAN tagging, defining the concept of a VLAN at the MAC layer for virtual isolation of devices.

IEEE 802.1 Q标准提供了VLAN标记的网络标准，定义了设备虚拟隔离中位于mac层的VLAN的概念。

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His dedication to the art that was central to his existence, his proselytizing zeal for new work that pushes concept and practice beyond existing limits, his driving belief in architecture as the defining art of the present and the past, did much to re-establish a sense of the importance of the way we build in an age that worships the beauty of the bottom line.

WSJ: Philip Johnson: Short of Attention Span, Long on Aesthetics