Status: IN
The GoF catalog can be viewed as a taxonomy of variation points: each of the 23 patterns encapsulates a specific aspect that can vary independently, with behavioral patterns forming the largest group (11 of 23), which suggests that behavioral variation — often encapsulated as objects — is a particularly frequent design challenge.
Variable-aspect-per-pattern + 5-7-11 split + behavioral encapsulation reveals the catalog as a variation-point taxonomy with behavioral dominance
Depends on (SL): gof-23-patterns-variable-aspects, gof-23-patterns-5-7-11-split, behavioral-patterns-encapsulate-variation