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Selected:ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Risk StormingOntology Design PatternsNeOn Methodology
| Criterion | ![]() Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) | ![]() Architecture Risk Storming | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns | ![]() Knowledge Modeling NeOn Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 60-90 min | 1-3 h pro Pattern | Mehrere Wochen bis Monate |
Participantsdifferent | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 4-12 | 1-6 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action Backlog | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation | Ontology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation Report |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling | OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering |



