There exists a plethora of claims about the advantages and disadvantages of model transformation languages compared to general-purpose programming languages. With this work, we aim to create an overview over these claims in the literature and systematize evidence thereof. For this purpose, we conducted a systematic literature review by following a systematic process for searching and selecting relevant publications and extracting data. We selected a total of 58 publications, categorized claims about model transformation languages into 14 separate groups and conceived a representation to track claims and evidence through the literature. From our results, we conclude that: (i) the current literature claims many advantages of model transformation languages but also points towards certain deficits and (ii) there is insufficient evidence for claimed advantages and disadvantages and (iii) there is a lack of research interest into the verification of claims.

与通用编程语言相比，有很多关于模型转换语言的优缺点的主张。通过这项工作，我们旨在对文献中的这些要求进行概述，并将其证据系统化。为此，我们通过遵循系统的搜索和选择相关出版物并提取数据的过程进行了系统的文献综述。我们总共选择了58种出版物，将关于模型转换语言的主张分类为14个独立的组，并构想了一种通过文献追踪主张和证据的表示形式。根据我们的结果，我们得出以下结论：