Format of a pattern

[bradreeder]

This is the format Alexander uses to record a pattern. Where other patterns are referred to they should be hyperlinked:

• A picture (showing an archetypal example of the pattern)
• An introductory paragraph setting the context for the pattern (explaining how it helps to complete some larger patterns)
• A headline, in bold type, to give the essence of the problem in one or two sentences
• The body of the problem (its empirical background, evidence for its validity, examples of different ways the pattern can be manifested)
• The solution, in bold type. This is the heart of the pattern – the field of physical and social relationships which are required to solve the stated problem in the stated context. Always stated as an instruction, so that you know what to do to build the pattern.
• A diagrammatic representation of the solution
• A paragraph tying the pattern to the smaller patterns which are needed to complete and embellish it.

See full text for examples. A more suitable (and simpler) format is needed for our specific purposes.

[jsms90]

Based on #9 we seem to be trying

Problem

Solution

Hypothesis

I have also added Progress so far in https://github.com/foundersandcoders/master-reference/issues/280