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Selected:Assumption SurfacingNeOn MethodologyARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)Ontology Design Patterns
| Criterion |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  Knowledge Modeling NeOn Methodology |  Architecture ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs) |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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. | 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. | 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 | Low | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | Mehrere Wochen bis Monate | 2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional | 1-3 h pro Pattern |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | Designers, developers as users, and facilitation | 1-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | Ontology Requirements Specification, Reuse Plan, Ontology Modules, Evaluation Report | Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | OntologyMethodologyReuseSemanticEngineering | ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling |