This bulletin provides oil and natural gas operators with information on conservation measures to support planning and execution of onshore oil and natural gas projects in the United States for conventional and unconventional (shale) developments. The species and habitat conservation fundamentals presented are processes and practices used to manage potential risks of project related impacts on wildlife and habitats. These processes and practices are aimed primarily at industry professionals responsible for managing the potential risks of project impacts on biodiversity, but may also be used by contractors, subcontractors, and vendors.
This document specifies a core set of vocabulary, concepts and principles associated with the architecture practice for various kinds of entities, including enterprise, business component, capability area, mission, system, systems of systems, family of systems, infrastructure, product (goods or services), product line, service offering, software, technology and business domain. The vocabulary, concepts and principles apply within the context of: - organizations that develop architecture; -… read more organizations that deliver enterprise constructs wider than, aligned with, or within the parent organization; - organizations seeking sustained success through the implementation of architecture practice; - organizations and interested parties seeking to improve communication through a common understanding of the vocabulary, concepts and principles used in architecture description; - organizations performing conformity assessments against the requirements of architecture-related standards and specifications; - providers of architecture descriptions, guidelines, training, education, evaluation or recommendations in architecture practice; - developers of architecture-related standards, architecture description languages, architecture modelling languages, reference architectures, reference models related to architecture, architecture frameworks and architecture-related tools and technologies. read less