The Transactions on Pattern Languages of Programming subline aims to publish papers on patterns
and pattern languages as applied to software design development and use throughout all
phases of the software life cycle from requirements and design to implementation maintenance
and evolution. The primary focus of this LNCS Transactions subline is on patterns pattern
collections and pattern languages themselves. The journal also includes reviews survey
articles criticisms of patterns and pattern languages as well as other research on patterns
and pattern languages. This book the third volume in the Transactions on Pattern Languages of
Programming series presents five papers that have been through a careful peer review process
involving both pattern experts and domain experts. The papers present various pattern languages
and a study of applying patterns and represent some of the best work that has been carried out
in design patterns and pattern languages of programming over the last few years.
