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Criterion
Paper illustration of Competency Questions with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Competency Questions
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration of Ontology Design Patterns with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Ontology Design Patterns
Paper illustration of Shape-first Modeling with its method-specific working model.
Knowledge Modeling
Shape-First Modeling
Purposedifferent
Competency Questions translate a domain model into concrete questions that it must be able to answer. The method keeps the model's scope clean and prevents pretty but useless structures.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2-4 h1-4 Wochen1-3 h pro PatternHalber Tag pro Domain Slice
Participantsdifferent
2-81-61-61-4
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage MatrixExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summarySelected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern DocumentationSHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation
Tagsno overlap
OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
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