{"id":"design-knowledge-substantiated-by-progressive-evidence","text":"The GoF's design knowledge system — combining a formalization heritage that produces validated patterns with a SOLID mastery framework that supports principled judgment — is reinforced by a three-tier empirical progression of pattern composition: MVC demonstrates three-pattern architectural composition, Lexi demonstrates eight-pattern application-scale composition, and ET++ demonstrates near-complete 23-pattern framework-scale usage. This progressive evidence suggests that the knowledge system's theoretical claims about pattern composition are consistent with observed practice across increasing scales of software design.","truth_value":"IN","source":"","source_url":"","source_hash":"","justifications":[{"type":"SL","antecedents":["design-knowledge-system-complete","progressive-validation-three-tier-pattern-composition"],"outlist":[],"label":"Complete knowledge system is substantiated by three-tier progressive empirical evidence"}],"dependents":["design-knowledge-convergently-validated-top-down-and-bottom-up"],"metadata":{"source_type":"derived","review_result":"invalid","repair_action":"softened"},"created_at":"2026-06-18T01:27:20+00:00","updated_at":"2026-06-18T06:40:06+00:00","reviewed_at":"2026-06-18T06:15:08+00:00","verified_at":"","retracted_at":"","explanation":{"steps":[{"node":"design-knowledge-substantiated-by-progressive-evidence","truth_value":"IN","reason":"SL justification 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