6. Collaboration Pattern Repository

In this step, the Collaboration Pattern Repositories can be viewed and edited. Furthermore, existing repositories can be loaded (from a database), locally downloaded, or uploaded from the local client.

View pattern repository

Repo Overview

Overview

The overview of the pattern repository shows all pattern clusters of the current collaboration pattern repository. These clusters were generated in the Pattern Clustering step. For each cluster, a representative pattern is shown. Furthermore, a name and a description can be added to specify the context of this cluster. The related patterns (sub graphs) can be inspected by clicking on Inspect.

Details

For each cluster, the all the related patterns (sub graphs) can be viewed. The user has the ability to explore each subgraph through simple zoom and mouse navigation controls.

Loading an existing repository

The Collaboration Pattern Repositories are stored in a graph database. Thus, previous created repositories can be loaded. Furthermore, the repositories can be downloaded and uploaded to another instance of an SPM Cockpit.