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| Criterion |  Architecture Views and Beyond |  Architecture arc42 |  Knowledge Modeling Ontology Design Patterns |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Views and Beyond organizes architecture into several views so no single diagram has to do everything at once. This makes it possible to choose the representation that fits the stakeholder's question. | 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. | Ontology Design Patterns provide reusable building blocks for recurring modeling problems. The method brings structure to the search for clean concepts, relationships, and roles. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 Tage | 1-2 Tage | 1-3 h pro Pattern |
Participantsdifferent | 1-4 | 1-4 | 1-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Architecture Views, Cross-view Notes, Rationale | Architecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment View | Selected Patterns, Adapted Schema Fragments, Pattern Documentation |
Tagsno overlap | DocumentationStakeholdersArchitecture | ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication | OntologyPatternsReuseSemanticModeling |
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