On Oct 16, 2007, at 2:59 PM, Christopher Fahey wrote:
> When a pattern is put into a library for reference, it becomes,
> functionally, a style guide. I think of Yahoo's library as a style
> guide when I go there for an answer to a particular problem, but I
> see it as a pattern language when I go there simply to read through
> it and absorb the holistic view of interaction design it embodies.
> It's also something of a dictionary or thesaurus so you can see
> proper usage within a given style idiom.
+1
Also, it should be noted that there is no single pattern language in
any field or discipline. There are many pattern languages. Possibly
as many as there are designers.
--xian
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