Towards Automated Governance: A DSL for Human-Agent Collaboration in Software Projects

AIT-MIMOUNE FONOLLA, Adem; Jouneaux, Gwendal; Cánovas Izquierdo, Javier Luis; CABOT, Jordi

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Towards Automated Governance: A DSL for Human-Agent Collaboration in Software Projects

AIT-MIMOUNE FONOLLA, Adem; Jouneaux, Gwendal; Cánovas Izquierdo, Javier Luis et al.

2025 • In Towards Automated Governance: A DSL for Human-Agent Collaboration in Software Projects

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Automation; Decision making; Collaboration; DSL; Stakeholders; Open source software; Software engineering; Software development management; Domain specific languages

Abstract :

[en] The stakeholders involved in software development are becoming increasingly diverse, with both human contributors from varied backgrounds and AI-powered agents collaborating together in the process. This situation presents unique governance challenges, particularly in Open-Source Software (OSS) projects, where explicit policies are often lacking or unclear. This paper presents the vision and foundational concepts for a novel Domain-Specific Language (DSL) designed to define and enforce rich governance policies in systems involving diverse stakeholders, including agents. This DSL offers a pathway towards more robust, adaptable, and ultimately automated governance, paving the way for more effective collaboration in software projects, especially OSS ones.

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Computer science

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AIT-MIMOUNE FONOLLA, Adem ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > PI Cabot

Jouneaux, Gwendal; Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology,Esch-sur-Alzette,Luxembourg

Cánovas Izquierdo, Javier Luis; Universitat Oberta de Catalunya,Barcelona,Spain

CABOT, Jordi ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > PI Cabot

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yes

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English

Title :

Towards Automated Governance: A DSL for Human-Agent Collaboration in Software Projects

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16 November 2025

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40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)

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2025

Main work title :

Towards Automated Governance: A DSL for Human-Agent Collaboration in Software Projects

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IEEE

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Peer reviewed

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http://xplorestaging.ieee.org/ielx8/11334056/11334198/11334605.pdf?arnumber=11334605

FnR Project :

FNR16544475 - BESSER - Better Smart Software Faster (Besser) - An Intelligent Low-code Infrastructure For Smart Software, 2020 (01/04/2023-30/09/2028) - Jordi Cabot

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FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche Luxembourg

Funding text :

This work has been funded by the European Union under the Grant Agreement No 101189664 (MOSAICO project) and TED2021-130331B-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR. Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. Jordi Cabot is supported by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) PEARL program, grant agreement 16544475.

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