Visualisation Patterns

“Alexander et. al. (1977) proposed patterns as a method for capturing the knowledge underlying successful solutions to recurring architectural design problems. There have been various pattern definitions but each of these shares a common theme, which is that patterns describe a proven solution to a recurring problem in a given context. The software community adopted the idea of patterns as a means of documenting and sharing solutions to recurring software design problems. More recently the HCI community has also adopted the idea of patterns as a method of capturing user interface design knowledge. Patterns consist of a number of attributes that Borchers (2000) defines as…”