TOGAF is developed and maintained by members of The Open Group, wor king within the Architecture

Forum (refer to www.opengroup.org/architecture). The or iginal development of TOGAF Version 1 in 1995

was based on the Technical Architecture Framework for Infor mation Management (TAFIM), developed by

the US Department of Defense (DoD). The DoD gave The Open Group explicit permission and

encouragement to create TOGAF by building on the TAFIM, which itself was the result of many years of development effor t and many millions of dollars of US Government investment.