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Criterion
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-3 h pro PatternHalber Tag pro Domain Slice2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional
Participantsdifferent
4-121-61-4Designers, developers as users, and facilitation
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Annotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogSelected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern DocumentationSHACL or ShEx Shapes, Validation Reports, Data Contracts, Shape DocumentationPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisions
Tagsno overlap
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling
Knowledge graphValidationSemantic
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
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