Status: IN
The GoF's pattern formalization heritage (Alexander's architectural concept → four essential elements → 13-section documentation template → variation taxonomy) directly enables operationalized pattern judgment: the six selection strategies and seven application steps are only possible because the formalization provides the structured vocabulary (Applicability and Consequences sections, Intent statements, pattern classification) that those strategies reference and navigate.
The formalization heritage provides the structured vocabulary that makes systematic pattern selection strategies executable
Depends on (SL): variation-taxonomy-culminates-formalization, pattern-selection-operationalizes-judgment