This is a generic pattern template drawn from several patterns by Alexander, Iba, and his friends. A pattern is a recipe for producing a good result. A Pattern Language is a recipe for creating a system. If the recipe guides the production a culinary dish, the pattern language guides the production of a meal. The headings are hyperlinks to explanations of that part of the pattern. To use this template you can simply drag text to a page or you can select this "Pattern Template" from the list of templates presented when whenever you create a new page using the Create New Page function. You may safely omit any of this except CONTEXT, PROBLEM, THEREFORE (SOLUTION) and RELATED PATTERNS. *Double click on this paragraph, select all, delete, escape. Then you will have a clean pattern template, minus these instructions.*
**Pattern Number:**
**Pattern Name:**
**Introduction:**
**Illustration:**
**CONTEXT:**
**PROBLEM:**
**Forces:**
**THEREFORE (SOLUTION):**
**Background (support):**
**Actions:**
**Consequences:**
**RELATED PATTERNS:**