CSDL: a language for cooperative systems design

The aim of a cooperative system is to coordinate and support group activities. Cooperative Systems Design Language (CSDL) is an experimental language designed to support the development of cooperative systems from specification to implementation. In CSDL, a system is defined as a collection of reusa...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on software engineering 1994-08, Vol.20 (8), p.606-616
Main Authors: De Paoli, F., Tisato, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Application software
Applied sciences
Collaboration
Collaborative software
Collaborative work
Communication channels
Communication system control
Computer architecture
Computer languages
Computer science
control theory
systems
Context
Control systems
Cooperation
Cooperative systems
Design
Exact sciences and technology
Groupware
Information systems. Data bases
Memory organisation. Data processing
Programming languages
Software
Software design
Specification languages
Specifications
Systems design
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Summary:The aim of a cooperative system is to coordinate and support group activities. Cooperative Systems Design Language (CSDL) is an experimental language designed to support the development of cooperative systems from specification to implementation. In CSDL, a system is defined as a collection of reusable entities implementing floor control disciplines and shared workspaces. CSDL tries to address the difficulties of integrating different aspects of cooperative systems: cooperation control, communication, and system modularization. This paper presents CSDL as a specification language. Basic units are coordinators that can be combined hierarchically. A coordinator is composed of a specification, a body, and a context. The specification defines the cooperation policy; the body controls the underlying communication channels; and the context defines coordinators' interaction in modular systems.< >
ISSN:0098-5589
1939-3520
DOI:10.1109/32.310670