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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of NeOn Methodology with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
NeOn Methodology
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of Ontology Design Patterns with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Ontology Design Patterns
Purposedifferent
ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.The NeOn Methodology structures ontology work as a controlled process with reuse, scenarios, and reviews. It is useful when ontologies should not emerge ad hoc but modularly and reusably.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additionalMehrere Wochen bis Monate60-120 min1-3 h pro Pattern
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation2-102-81-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsOntology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation ReportCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanSelected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling
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