MODEVARVARIABILITY 2026

MODEVAR - International Workshop on Languages for Modelling Variability

Workshop Homepage: https://modevar.github.io/

Description

Feature models were invented in 1990 and have been recognized as one of the main contributions to the Software Product Line community. Although several attempts have been made to establish and study a sort of standard variability modeling language (e.g., OVM, CVL, TVL, .) there is still no consensus on a simple feature modeling language. There can be many motivations to have one but among others, there is one that is very important: information sharing among researchers, tools, or developers. Following the spirit of the previous MODEVAR workshops, this meeting plans to be a full-day, interactive event where all participants shall share knowledge about how to build up a simple feature model language that the community can agree on.

Scope

We invite submissions considering topics related to variability modeling languages:

• Concepts: domain modeling, language constructs, mapping to other artifacts.
• Usages: writing, reading, generating, reverse engineering, (de-)composition, benchmarking.
• Tools: (collaborative) editing, storage/repositories, exchange, translation to other representations, analyses, and testing.
• Analyzing existing languages and approaches: Feature Modelling, Decision Modelling, OVM, UML-based, KConfig, Delta-Oriented Modelling, CVL, TVL, etc.

The topics are not limited to the list above. In particular, we invite submissions addressing the scope of the VaMoS conference.

Important Dates:

Workshop Papers Submission: June 30, 2026

Workshop Papers Notification: 15 July, 2026

Camera Ready: 31 July, 2026

Author Registration: 31 July, 2026

Submission guidelines:

Please use the SPLC 2026 - MODEVAR Track to submit your paper.

• Authors interested in participating in the workshop are requested to submit either:
• Regular paper (max. 16 pages including references) that presents original research, lessons learned, or a well-argued vision-related (but not limited) to the topics on variability modeling languages.
• Short paper (max. 9 pages including references) that describes sound new ideas and concepts under research or experimental studies.
• Tool paper (max. 9 pages including references) that describes a novel tool or sufficient increment of an existing tool targeting variability modeling languages.

Papers must use the Springer LNCS template. All papers submitted to the workshop must be unpublished original work and must not have been submitted elsewhere for publication.

Contact:

Víctor Juan Lamas Sardiña, victor.lamas@udc.es

Mathis Weiß, Mathis.Weiss@uni-siegen.de

Accepted Papers