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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 Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of NeOn Methodology with its method-specific working model.
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.Shape-First Modeling defines data quality through shapes before implementation or integration frays at the edges. The approach fits when validation and data contracts should be part of the design from the start.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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
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Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additionalHalber Tag pro Domain Slice15-45 minMehrere Wochen bis Monate
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-41-32-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsSHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationADR File, Decision Log, RationaleOntology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation Report
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering
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