Editing Pattern language (section)

== Application domains ==
Christopher Alexander's idea has been adopted in other disciplines, often much more heavily than the original [[Pattern (architecture)|application of patterns to architecture]] as depicted in the book ''[[A Pattern Language]]''.<ref name="Alexander_Pattern_1977"/> Examples since the 1990s include [[software design pattern]]s in software engineering and, more generally, [[Architectural pattern (computer science)|architectural patterns in computer science]], as well as [[interaction design pattern]]s. Since the late 1990s, [[pedagogical pattern]]s have been used to document good practices in teaching.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Fincher |first=Sally |date=September 1999 |title=Analysis of design: an exploration of patterns and pattern languages for pedagogy |journal=Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=331–348 |url=https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/15198/}}</ref> Since at least the mid-2000s, the idea of pattern language was introduced into [[systems architecture]] design <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cloutier |first1=Robert J. |last2=Verma |first2=Dinesh |date=June 2007 |title=Applying the concept of patterns to systems architecture |journal=Systems Engineering |volume=10 |issue=2 |pages=138–154 |doi=10.1002/sys.20066|s2cid=16218191 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cloutier |first1=Robert J. |last2=Muller |first2=Gerrit |last3=Verma |first3=Dinesh |last4=Nilchiani |first4=Roshanak |last5=Hole |first5=Eirik |last6=Bone |first6=Mary |date=March 2010 |title=The concept of reference architectures |journal=Systems Engineering |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=14–27 |doi=10.1002/sys.20129|s2cid=10835558 }}</ref> and [[Design science (methodology)]] patterns in a book authored by [[Vijay Vaishnavi]] and William Kuechler with 66 patterns;<ref>Vaishnavi, V.K. and Kuechler, W. [http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420059328?source=igodigital Design Science Research Methods and Patterns], Auerbach Publications, October 2007, 248 pages</ref> the second revised and expanded edition of this book has been published in 2015 with 84 patterns.<ref>Vaishnavi. V.K. and Kuechler, W. [http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781498715256 Design Science Research Methods and Patterns, 2nd Edition], CRC Press, 2015, 415 pages</ref> The book ''Liberating Voices: A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution'', containing 136 patterns for using information and communication to promote sustainability, democracy and positive social change, was published in 2008 along with a website containing even more patterns.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.publicsphereproject.org/patterns/ |title=Liberating Voices Pattern Language |website=publicsphereproject.org |access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref> The deck "Group Works: A Pattern Language for Bringing Life to Meetings and Other Gatherings" was published in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://groupworksdeck.org/ |title=Group Pattern Language Project |website=groupworksdeck.org |access-date=6 March 2017}}</ref> The idea of a pattern language has also been applied in [[permaculture]] design.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jacke |first1=Dave |author-link1=Dave Jacke |last2=Toensmeier |first2=Eric |author-link2=Eric Toensmeier |date=2005 |chapter=A Forest Garden Pattern Language |title=Edible Forest Gardens, Volume II: Ecological Design And Practice for Temperate-Climate Permaculture |location=White River Junction, VT |publisher=[[Chelsea Green Publishing]] |pages=63–139 |isbn=1-931498-80-6 }}</ref> 

[[Ward Cunningham]], the inventor of [[wiki]], coauthored a paper with [[Michael Mehaffy]] arguing that there are deep relationships between wikis and pattern languages, and that wikis "were in fact developed as tools to facilitate efficient sharing and modifying of patterns".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cunningham |first1=Ward |author-link1=Ward Cunningham |last2=Mehaffy |first2=Michael W. |author-link2=Michael Mehaffy |date=2013 |chapter=Wiki as pattern language |title=Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, October 23–26, 2013, Monticello, Illinois |series=PLoP '13 |location=Corryton, TN |publisher=[[The Hillside Group]] |pages=32:1–32:14 |isbn=9781941652008 |chapter-url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2725669.2725707|title-link=Pattern Languages of Programs }}</ref>