Design Pattern · September 2026
Open and closed architecture map
Decide which layers should be open, standardized, licensed, proprietary, secret, or patent protected.
Under the pillar From Product to Rights
Layers
Map interfaces, protocols, software, data, models, workflows, physical components, evidence, certification, and distribution.
Reason
For each layer, state whether openness improves adoption, trust, interoperability, distribution, or the value of a scarce complement.
Control
Name the right, duty, owner, field, and exit path for every closed layer.
Stop
Do not close a commodity layer when the cost of control is greater than its effect on value or dependence.
Put this to work
Open and closed architecture map application record
Apply Open and closed architecture map to a real piece of work and record what happened.
- For
- Founders, product owners, inventors, and counsel preparing an initial rights discussion.
- What you keep
- A open and closed architecture map application record you can review, revise, and send.
- What counts as sound
- Names a real setting
- Shows the work before and after
- Records exceptions
- Uses an observable result
- Ends with keep, revise, or stop
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