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CASL reference manual

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CASL, the Common Algebraic Specification Language, was designed by the members of CoFI, the Common Framework Initiative for algebraic specification and development, and is a general-purpose language for practical use in software development for specifying both requirements and design. CASL is already regarded as a de facto standard, and various sublanguages and extensions are available for specific tasks.

This reference manual presents a detailed documentation of the CASL specification formalism. It reviews the main underlying concepts, and carefully summarizes the intended meaning of each construct of CASL. The book formally defines both the syntax and semantics of CASL, and presents a logic for reasoning about CASL specifications. Furthermore, extensive libraries of CASL specifications of basic data types are provided as well as a comprehensive annotated bibliography of CoFI publications.

As a separate, complementary book LNCS 2900 presents a tutorial introduction to CASL, the CASL User Manual.

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• Corrections of the CD-ROM for the CASL Reference Manual

Contents 1 Brief table of contents 1.1 Part I CASL Summary 1.2 Part II CASL Syntax 1.3 Part III CASL Semantics 1.4 Part IV CASL Logic 1.5 Part V CASL Libraries 1.6 Appendices

Brief table of contents

Part I CASL Summary

1. Introduction
2. Basic Specifications
3. Subsorting Specifications
4. Structuring Specifications
5. Architectural Specifications
6. Specification Libraries
7. Sublanguages and Extensions

Part II CASL Syntax

1. Introduction
2. Abstract Syntax
3. ConcreteSyntax
4. LexicalSymbols
5. Comments and Annotations

Part III CASL Semantics

1. Introduction
2. Basic Specification Semantics
3. Subsorting Specification Semantics
4. Structured Specification Semantics
5. Architectural Specification Semantics
6. Specification Library Semantics

Part IV CASL Logic

1. Introduction
2. Basic Specification Calculus
3. Subsorting Specification Calculus
4. Structured Specification Calculus
5. Architectural Specification Calculus
6. Specification Library Calculus

Part V CASL Libraries

1. Introduction
2. Library Basic/Numbers
3. Library Basic/RelationsAndOrders
4. Library Basic/Algebra_I
5. Library Basic/SimpleDatatypes
6. Library Basic/StructuredDatatypes
7. Library Basic/Graphs
8. Library Basic/Algebra_II
9. Library Basic/LinearAlgebra_I
10. Library Basic/LinearAlgebra_II
11. Library Basic/MachineNumbers
12. Dependency Graphs of the Libraries

Appendices

• Annotated Bibliography
• References
• Index of Library and Specification Names
• Abstract Syntax Sorts and Constructors
• Symbol Index
• Concept Index

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