• DocumentCode
    3142458
  • Title

    A formal specification of a visual language editor

  • Author

    Wing, Jeannette M. ; Zaremski, Amy Moormann

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Comput. Sci., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    25-26 Oct 1991
  • Firstpage
    120
  • Lastpage
    129
  • Abstract
    A non-trivial case study is presented, on the use of the Larch specification languages to describe the Miro visual languages and graphical editor. In addition to excerpts from the specification, the authors discuss properties of Miro provable from the specification, limitations of Larch, and general lessons learned from this exercise
  • Keywords
    computer graphics; formal specification; specification languages; visual languages; Larch specification languages; Miro visual languages; formal specification; general lessons; graphical editor; non-trivial case study; visual language editor; Aerospace electronics; Computer science; Contracts; Formal specifications; Government; Machine vision; Research and development; Security; Specification languages; Writing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Software Specification and Design, 1991., Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on
  • Conference_Location
    Como
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-2320-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IWSSD.1991.213069
  • Filename
    213069