Pattern language (disambiguation)

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Pattern language may have several meanings:

  • Pattern language is a structured method of documenting good design practices in architecture, software engineering, and other design disciplines
  • A Pattern Language, a work by Christopher Alexander, which applies the concepts of generative grammar to create an illustrated discussion of a pattern language derived from traditional architecture
  • In machine learning, a pattern language is a class of strings generated from a pattern by substitutions