F.16:1 - Intent & applicability

Intent. Provide a one-page worked-example shape that starts with a recognizable question and practical gain, names the actual values and obtaining relations, exposes exact sources and evidence, and leaves a clear boundary. Optional lexical cells and comparison tables help navigation only when they reduce reader effort.

Use this when. A pattern needs a compact example that crosses disciplines, source schemes, design-time and run-time boundaries, or several relation families and prose alone would hide the hand-offs.

Do not use this when. A shorter direct example already shows the claim. F.16 does not require a cross-source relation, table row, lexical cell, system-role claim, window, or SoD unless the case actually contains one.

Non-goals. No registry, workflow, editor, storage format, or proof by page layout. The template shapes what the reader sees, not how a team produces it.