On the requirement from practice for meaningful variability in visual notation

Dirk van der Linden; Irit Hadar; Anna Zamansky

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59466-8_12

On the requirement from practice for meaningful variability in visual notation

Dirk van der Linden, Irit Hadar, Anna Zamansky

Department of Information Systems

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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’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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017 Held at CAiSE 2017, Proceedings
Editors	Jens Gulden, Selmin Nurcan, Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Palash Bera, Wided Guedria
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	189-203
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783319594651
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59466-8_12
State	Published - 2017
Event	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 - Essen, Germany Duration: 12 Jun 2017 → 13 Jun 2017

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	287
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348

Conference

Conference	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
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Essen
Period	12/06/17 → 13/06/17

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Keywords

Conceptual modeling
Concrete syntax
Empirical study
Practitioner
Requirements
Variability
Visual notations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Management Information Systems
Control and Systems Engineering
Business and International Management
Information Systems
Modeling and Simulation
Information Systems and Management

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van der Linden, D., Hadar, I., & Zamansky, A. (2017). On the requirement from practice for meaningful variability in visual notation. In J. Gulden, S. Nurcan, I. Reinhartz-Berger, P. Bera, & W. Guedria (Eds.), Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017 Held at CAiSE 2017, Proceedings (pp. 189-203). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 287). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59466-8_12

van der Linden, Dirk ; Hadar, Irit ; Zamansky, Anna. / On the requirement from practice for meaningful variability in visual notation. Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017 Held at CAiSE 2017, Proceedings. editor / Jens Gulden ; Selmin Nurcan ; Iris Reinhartz-Berger ; Palash Bera ; Wided Guedria. Springer Verlag, 2017. pp. 189-203 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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van der Linden, D, Hadar, I & Zamansky, A 2017, On the requirement from practice for meaningful variability in visual notation. in J Gulden, S Nurcan, I Reinhartz-Berger, P Bera & W Guedria (eds), Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017 Held at CAiSE 2017, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 287, Springer Verlag, pp. 189-203, 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, Essen, Germany, 12/06/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59466-8_12

On the requirement from practice for meaningful variability in visual notation. / van der Linden, Dirk; Hadar, Irit ; Zamansky, Anna.
Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017 Held at CAiSE 2017, Proceedings. ed. / Jens Gulden; Selmin Nurcan; Iris Reinhartz-Berger; Palash Bera; Wided Guedria. Springer Verlag, 2017. p. 189-203 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 287).

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