SLE 2017 paper:
Better Call the Crowd: Using Crowdsourcing to Shape the Notation of Domain-Specific Languages

Marco Brambilla, Jordi Cabot, Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo, Andrea Mauri

DOI: 10.1145/3136014.3136033
T5H: Usability
- The paper’s main aim is improving usability/acceptance of DSML notations by involving end-users via crowdsourcing.
T1A: Design
- It directly concerns the design of a language’s notation (concrete syntax) informed by user feedback.
T5E: Empirical Evaluation
- Crowdsourcing implies empirical collection and analysis of user preferences over notational alternatives.
T3C: DSLs
- The setting is domain-specific modeling languages whose notations are being designed.

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