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[[Image:Government Business Reference Model.jpg|thumb|360px|Example of the US [[Federal Enterprise Architecture|FEA]] Business Reference Model.<ref>FEA (2005) [http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/pdf/rm-profile.pdf FEA Records Management Profile, Version 1.0]. December 15, 2005.</ref>]]

'''Business reference model''' is a [[reference model]], concentrating on the functional and organizational aspects of the [[core business]] of an [[Business|enterprise]], [[Tertiary sector of the economy|service organization]] or [[government agency]].

In [[enterprise engineering]] a business reference model is part of an [[Enterprise Architecture Framework]] or ''Architecture Framework''. An Enterprise Architecture Framework defines in a series of reference models, how to organize the structure and [[view model|views]] associated with an [[Enterprise Architecture]].

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== Types of business reference models ==

=== Electronic businesses ===

In 2000 Menascé and Almeida<ref name="MA00"/> presented one of the first Reference Models for Electronic Business. The presented a reference model meant to provide a basis for defining conceptual activities in the electronic business and for identifying improvement opportunities. This reference model ranged from:

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{{Commonscat|Business reference models}}

* Peter Fettke, Peter Loos (2006). ''Reference Modeling for Business Systems Analysis''. Idea Group Inc (IGI). ISBN 1599040549

[[Category:Reference models]]