DocumentCode :
2501242
Title :
Supporting explicit interpretation of standards and guidance
Author :
Stephenson, Z.R. ; McDermid, John A.
Author_Institution :
Software Syst. Eng. Initiative, Univ. of York, York, UK
fYear :
2010
fDate :
18-20 Oct. 2010
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
The standards and guidance used in safety-critical systems development are subject to varying degrees of interpretation. This is most apparent when the guidance from one document is used as a means of compliance for another. One such example is Def Stan 00-56; it sets a number of relatively abstract goals and encourages the use of other standards to meet those goals. In this paper, we present a modelling technique that helps the system developer to explain how the use of one standard meets the needs of another by way of explicit items of evidence. We illustrate the model with some examples from recent work on Def Stan 00-56 and IEC 61508, and discuss some of the critical issues in enabling more general use of such explicit representations.
Keywords :
IEC standards; defence industry; safety systems; Def Stan 00-56 standard; IEC 61508 standard; guidance interpretation; safety-critical systems development; standards interpretation; Standards; consensus; deliberation; tool support; transparency;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
iet
Conference_Titel :
System Safety 2010, 5th IET International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2010.0827
Filename :
5712331
Link To Document :
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