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{CASL}, the {Common Algebraic Specification Language}
Type of publication: Incollection
Citation: MossakowskiEtAl07
Booktitle: Logics of formal specification languages
Series: Monographs in Theoretical Computer Science
Chapter: 3
Year: 2008
Pages: 241-298
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Heidelberg
Crossref: MossakowskiEtAl03
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74107-7_5
Abstract: CASL is an expressive specification language that has been designed to supersede many existing algebraic specification languages and provide a standard. CASL consists of several layers, including basic (unstructured) specifications, structured specifications and architectural specifications; the latter are used to prescribe the modular structure of implementations. We describe a simplified version of the CASL syntax, semantics and proof calculus for each of these three layers and state the corresponding soundness and completeness theorems. The layers are orthogonal in the sense that the semantics of a given layer uses that of the previous layer as a ``black box'', and similarly for the proof calculi. In particular, this means that CASL can easily be adapted to other logical systems. We conclude with a detailed example specification of a warehouse, which serves to illustrate the application of both CASL and the proof calculi for the various layers.
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Keywords: CASL semantics proof strcutred specification architectural
Authors Mossakowski, Till
Haxthausen, Anne
Sannella, Don
Tarlecki, Andrzej
Editors D. Bjorner, M. Henson
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