Pleomorph
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Pleomorph is a term in software architecture first introduced by Jim Arlow and then used by Mark Goetsch . Arlow refers to pleomorphs as archetype patterns that change under certain circumstances. Pleomorphs are specific to architecture implementations and will co-exist with them. Each archetype pattern uses archetypes which will refer back to some domain ontology including the glossary and relationships that exist within domains meta-model. [1]