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This paper benefited from discussions with Al Davis, Sol Greenspan, Hans Heerkens, Ann Hickey, and Pamela Zave and from comments by the anonymous reviewers.

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Wieringa, R., Maiden, N., Mead, N. et al. Requirements engineering paper classification and evaluation criteria: a proposal and a discussion. Requirements Eng 11, 102–107 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-005-0021-6

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