This process of review and feedback is iterated until the author is satisfied with the quality of the Pattern Document. The reader acquires and reviews the Pattern Document until the pattern is understood. The Pattern Gestalt is the reader's conceptual model of the pattern. The reader applies the pattern to a software development activity. The Pattern Instance is the resulting artifact.
Many readers apply the pattern and achieve a variety of outcomes.
Reports of these outcomes comprise Pattern Feedback. Pattern Feedback influences the author, other authors, and other readers. For example, the author may choose to revise the Pattern Concept and Pattern Document.