@inproceedings{8bac866f41244961902a7b26d4075893,
title = "On the requirement from practice for meaningful variability in visual notation",
abstract = "This research-in-progress paper proposes the need for a move towards more meaningful variability of visual notations. Evidence accumulated via an online survey on the requirements practitioners have for visual notations, indicate the need for variability of a modeling language{\textquoteright}s visual notation. Widely used modeling languages in practice such as UML and BPMN do not support redesign of the visual notation of core constructs without modifying or extending the underlying abstract syntax and semantics (e.g., UML stereotypes, BPMN extensions). The expressed need to vary commonly used visual notations depending on particular users or contexts, while not changing the underlying modeling language itself, poses a set of research challenges discussed here.",
keywords = "Conceptual modeling, Concrete syntax, Empirical study, Practitioner, Requirements, Variability, Visual notations",
author = "{van der Linden}, Dirk and Irit Hadar and Anna Zamansky",
year = "2017",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-59466-8_12",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319594651",
series = "Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "189--203",
editor = "Jens Gulden and Selmin Nurcan and Iris Reinhartz-Berger and Palash Bera and Wided Guedria",
booktitle = "Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017 Held at CAiSE 2017, Proceedings",
address = "Germany",
note = "18th International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2017 and 22nd International Conference on Evaluation and Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development, EMMSAD 2017 held at Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, CAiSE 2017 ; Conference date: 12-06-2017 Through 13-06-2017",
}