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| Criterion | ![]() UX Research Diary Study | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Event Modeling | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Linked Open Terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. | 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. | Event Modeling connects business workflows with commands, events, and views into one coherent mental model. It helps design behavior, UI, and technical slices from the same underlying logic. | Linked Open Terms connects terminology work with linked-data thinking and makes terminology technically connectable. Vocabulary, meanings, and references can thereby be maintained consistently. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 2-4 h | 2-6 h | Wochen bis Monate |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Event Model, UI Flow, Commands, Read Models | Ontology Requirements, Conceptual Model, Published Ontology, Documentation, Maintenance Plan |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | EventsBlueprintDomain-Driven DesignBehavior | OntologyMethodologyAgileSemantic |



