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| Criterion |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |  Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |  Growth A/B Testing |  Knowledge Modeling Shape-First Modeling |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h pro Pattern | 2-4 h | 1-4 Wochen | Halber Tag pro Domain Slice |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-4 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | SHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | Knowledge graphValidationSemantic |