Enterprise Design Patterns

This Enterprise Design Pattern (EDP) document represents the official technology standard for Application Programming Interfaces (API) within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). An API is a set of protocols, routines, and tools developers use to build software applications.

This Enterprise Design Pattern (EDP) represents the technical architecture standard for using an Automation Tool Interface (ATI) to address reoccurring software development and testing problems. This version reflects the latest guidance based on industry best practices as of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024.

This document provides guidance on hosting 3D printing software modeling tools on the VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC), establishing an internal 3D printing file repository, and creating a 3D print job management system to route print requests.

This document provides guidance on protecting personally Identifiable Information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) associated with images and 3D model files as they are routed, processed, and stored through the 3D printing infrastructure.

Federation is a standard that enables users to "bring their own credentials" to authenticate to VA services.

This document provides best practices for using GovCloud computing resources. The guidance leverages Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office (ECSO) VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) resources, as well as previous cloud computing EDPs.

This document provides best practices for determining a specific solution path toward cloud migration via actionable steps and planning recommendations. The guidance leverages Enterprise Cloud Solutions Office (ECSO) VA Enterprise Cloud (VAEC) resources, as well as previous cloud computing EDPs.

This document provides guidance on the use of multifactor authentication (MFA), which is the use of two or more factors, to authenticate a user.

This document provides guidance on VA network connectivity for 3D printers based on security classification level; asset and configuration management of 3D printers; and access control to 3D printers.

This Enterprise Design Pattern (EDP) provides the official Office of Information and Technology (OIT) capability guidance and establishes the technology standard for Robotic Process Automation (RPA) in VA.

This Enterprise Design Pattern (EDP) is developed by the Architecture and Engineering Service (AES) within the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), to provide capability guidance, technical architecture standards, and industry best practices related to secrets management.

Single sign-on (SSO) is a method which allows a user to authenticate once and then access multiple applications without authenticating again. This document provides guidance on adopting SSO.

This document provides guidance on user account restoration, which is the process of restoring access to a subscriber that has already been through the identity proofing process and provisioned an authenticator.

This document is part of the series of Enterprise Design Patterns (EDP) that establishes the official technology standard for GitHub in VA.