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There are three major content subdivisions of the eBook:

1. Framework Description and use for analyzing Enterprises
2. Exhaustive descriptions of each of the 30 Cells
3. Collection of 21 published articles written by John A. Zachman

The first major subdivision is the descriptive information about The Framework including its logic structure, its implications, its employment as a tool for Enterprise analysis, a discussion of the Enterprise engineering design objectives including alignment, integration, flexibility, interoperability and so on; strategies for migrating out of the legacy into an architected environment, for defining the build sequence of Enterprise sub-systems that preserve Enterprise-wide integrity, for reducing cost and time for major implementations by significant factors; discussion of complex Enterprises and recursive employment of the Framework analysis, meta Frameworks and a comprehensive Enterprise knowledgebase. In a typical hardbound book, this section would be something in excess of 250 pages in length.

The second subdivision is a set of exhaustive descriptions of every Cell of The Framework including their Definition/Description, (some) Sample Models, Measurements, Use of the Models, Techniques for Modeling, (generic) Tools, suggested and alternate Content Owners (Subject Matter Experts, Data Stewards), suggested and alternate Definition Owners (Metamodel Owners), basic Metamodels, suggested and alternate Custodians, Primary Users, potential Development Consultants (Modeling Experts) and in some cases, Reference Material. In a typical hardbound book, this section would be nearly 150 pages in length. (This material became the base for the Enterprise Architecture Standards first released in August 2005 and now serves as background and reference material for the Standards.)

The third subdivision is a compilation of 21 articles authored by John Zachman addressing some of the more difficult issues including "Packages Don’t Let You Off the Hook," "Enterprise Architecture Artifacts Versus Application Development Artifacts," "All the Reasons Why You Can’t Do Architecture or, 'We Has Met the Enemy and He Is Us,'" "Fatal Distractions," plus the two original articles on The Framework that were published in the IBM Systems Journal. In a typical hardbound book, this section would be approximately 100 pages in length.

Future Editions
In a typical hardbound book, The Zachman Framework™ Book would contain in excess of 500 pages. It is being published as software with the specific intent to make it very easy to add to the book and to easily produce and distribute subsequent editions to the registered users as the body of knowledge continues to expand. It is intended to keep the distributed, registered editions current as the knowledgebase expands.

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