An example of a framework is the signal distance of copper and fiber cables.  You need to know how far your signal will travel before it becomes distorted.  The maximum length of a Cat 5 cable is 328ft and the maximum length of fiber depends on a few different factors, how much data you want to go through the cable, whether it’s in single or multi mode, and how fast you want your data to get to its destination.  Once you know that then you are able to determine what type of cabling to use in a buildings network infrastructure.

Im going to take a stab at this and borrow something from my work. an example of a framework is what servers use in order to get a good tip. A server has to promptly great the table and aquire there drink orders. they must then deliver the drinks on time and then take there primary order. you then must delivery the order within a specified time window. After the principle order has been delivered you must then maintain your table until the check is asked for. Following these steps will (hopefully) ensure you recieve a 20% tip. Is this what you were talking about in terms of a framework?

An example of a framework is the Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).  It is a federal law that all military personnel (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, active duty, reservist and National Guard) must adhere to.  It is a set of rules that tells you how to conduct yourself during peacetime and war.  It applies to all military personnel both on and off duty.  At any location, on land within the U.S. or its territories, in other countries, a board a ship, or any place occupied by the U.S. military.  There are over a 100 Articles written and enforced.  If an Article is violated that person will be prosecuted under that particular Article.  All U.S. citizens have the constitution and local laws they must adhere to.  However, the UCMJ only applies to military personnel.

Relating to Ian's post about cabling, the cables themselves also have a framework. For example, twisted pair Cat5(straight-through) has an industry standard of 8 wires, color coded with white/green, green, white/orange, blue, white/blue, orange, white brown, and brown in this order. The wires are terminated by an industry standard 8P8C plastic connector. When this framework is followed, these cables will work with any manufacturer's NIC.

My example of a framework (hopefully it is one) is related to computer building.

Let's say a customer wants a Intel i7 Extreme processor based computer built; from this information the framework states that we would have to use a socket LGA 1366 motherboard to accomodate the 130W processor. DRR 3 triple channel memory will have to be used, in order to be compatible with the motherboard and deliver the optimal performance. Subsequently for a grephically oriented build a PCI-E 2.0 video card has to used to maximize the performance Finally an EPS power supply needs to be used in order to have the 8 pin CPU power connector needed, compared of the 4 pin on the ATX.

In the networking fied we would probably have to deal with Xeons, but I am not very familiar with their specs.