Title
Formal Definition of SDL-2000 - Compiling and Running SDL Specifications as ASM Models
Abstract
In November 1999, the current version of SDL (Specification and Description Language), commonly referred to as SDL-2000, has passed ITU-T, an international standardization body for telecommunication. The importance and acceptance of SDL in the telecommunication industry surpasses that of UML, which can be seen as the major competitor. A crucial difference between SDL and UML is the existence of a formal SDL semantics as part of the international standard, which has a positive impact on the quality of the entire language definition. In this paper, we treat fundamental questions concerning practicability, adequacy and maintainability of the formalization approach, provide insights into the formal semantics definition and point out several effects on the SDL standard.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2001
JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE
SDL,specification and description language,ASM,Abstract State Machines,FDT,formal description technique,formal semantics
Field
DocType
Volume
Software engineering,Computer science,Knowledge management,Formal description,Theoretical computer science
Journal
7
Issue
Citations 
PageRank 
11
15
2.07
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Robert Eschbach1263.64
Uwe Glässer245659.36
Reinhard Gotzhein346571.44
Martin Von Löwis47510.55
Andreas Prinz56912.17