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| Criterion | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Property Graph Schema Design | ![]() Architecture Request for Comments | ![]() Architecture arc42 | ![]() Knowledge Modeling Competency Questions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Property Graph Schema Design turns business and technical requirements into a robust graph schema. It fits when query patterns, constraints, and migrations need to be thought about together. | An RFC clarifies architecture context, options, and consequences. It structures technical context, alternatives, tradeoffs, open questions, and review feedback, and captures the result as an RFC document, reviewer comments, and a decision rationale. | arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 4-8 h initial, dann iterativ | 1-3 Wochen vom Draft bis zur Entscheidung | 1-2 Tage | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 3-20 Reviewer | 1-4 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Schema Diagram, Node and Relationship Catalog, Index Plan, Migration Scripts, Sample Queries | RFC document, Reviewer comments, Decision rationale, Follow-up ADR or tickets | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Competency Question Set, Required Concepts, Test Queries, Coverage Matrix |
Tagsno overlap | Knowledge graphModelingSemantic | ArchitectureDecisionAsyncGovernance | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | OntologyKnowledge graphScopeRequirementsSemantic |



