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 Computer Science

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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
Subtitle of host publication	18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017, Held at CAiSE 2017, Essen, Germany, June 12-13, 2017, Proceedings
Editors	Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Jens Gulden, Selmin Nurcan, Wided Guédria, Palash Bera
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	189-203
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783319594668
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59466-8_12
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2017

Publication series

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

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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 I. Reinhartz-Berger, J. Gulden, S. Nurcan, W. Guédria, & P. Bera (Eds.), Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling: 18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017, Held at CAiSE 2017, Essen, Germany, June 12-13, 2017, Proceedings (pp. 189-203). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 287). Springer International Publishing AG. 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, Essen, Germany, June 12-13, 2017, Proceedings. editor / Iris Reinhartz-Berger ; Jens Gulden ; Selmin Nurcan ; Wided Guédria ; Palash Bera. Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 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 I Reinhartz-Berger, J Gulden, S Nurcan, W Guédria & P Bera (eds), Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling: 18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017, Held at CAiSE 2017, Essen, Germany, June 12-13, 2017, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 287, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, pp. 189-203. 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, Essen, Germany, June 12-13, 2017, Proceedings. ed. / Iris Reinhartz-Berger; Jens Gulden; Selmin Nurcan; Wided Guédria; Palash Bera. Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. p. 189-203 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 287).

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van der Linden D, Hadar I, Zamansky A. On the Requirement from Practice for Meaningful Variability in Visual Notation. In Reinhartz-Berger I, Gulden J, Nurcan S, Guédria W, Bera P, editors, Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling: 18th International Conference, BPMDS 2017, 22nd International Conference, EMMSAD 2017, Held at CAiSE 2017, Essen, Germany, June 12-13, 2017, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 2017. p. 189-203. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59466-8_12