Information System Evolution as Language Evolution

In this article we look at the evolution of information systems from the perspective of the evolution of domain languages, and provide a report on some of our ongoing research activities. Many if not all analysis and design approaches for information systems base themselves on techniques involving some sort of natural language analysis. However, the view on language underlying these approaches ignores several issues concerning the nature of language. This article primarily aims to create awareness for the issues at play, and argues that current approaches ignore most of them. We finish by presenting an overview of our research efforts concerning the tackling of the matters discussed.