An analysis of MoLIC's consolidation

TLDR: The results indicate that MoLIC is well consolidated, as it has been broadly used and studied by national and international authors and researchers are interested in applying it to system modeling or to investigate extensions and other aspects related to its use.

Abstract: MoLIC is a language for modeling human-computer interaction as a conversation that is grounded on Semiotic Engineering theory. It was proposed as an epistemic tool aimed at supporting designers in thinking about and making decisions regarding the designer-to-user communication being conveyed through the system-user communication. In this paper, our goal is to investigate how consolidated MoLIC is since it was first published in 2003. We have carried out a Systematic Literature Review and analyzed how MoLIC has been used by the HCI community, considering how it has been used over the years, the number of authors that reference or use it, forums in which works have been published, as well as the main contributions of the research about it. Our results indicate that MoLIC is well consolidated, as it has been broadly used and studied by national and international authors. The existing version is stable and researchers are interested in applying it to system modeling or to investigate extensions and other aspects related to its use.