PATTERN-BASED USER INTERFACES

An intended usage of information to be displayed by a software application can be described. A selection of a user interface pattern module for displaying the information can be performed. The user interface pattern module can be designed for the intended usage. While running the application, user interface constructs for displaying the information using the user interface pattern module can be instantiated and organized, and can be rendered to display the information. Moreover, a first user interface pattern module can be selected and used with categorization metadata for the information to display the information in a first context, and a second user interface pattern module can be selected and used with the categorization metadata to display the information in a second context. Additionally, the categorization metadata may be revised, and the revised categorization metadata and a selected user interface pattern module may be used to instantiate and organize user interface constructs.