The document outlines various architectures for distributed database management systems (DBMS), including:
1) The Datalogical architecture with components like the global and local catalog services and local information services.
2) The client/server model with applications communicating with a centralized DBMS server.
3) Peer-to-peer and federated DBMS approaches to distribution.
It also covers issues like distribution, heterogeneity, and autonomy in distributed DBMS and examples of internal and external schema definitions.