< programming , specification > (VDM-SL, Meta-IV) A model-oriented specification language , upon which the Vienna Development Method is based. An ISO draft was released in April 1993.
Version: BSI/VDM.
ftp://gateway.dec.com/pub/vdmsl_standard .
["The Vienna Development Method: The Meta-Language", D. Bjorner et al eds, LNCS 61, Springer 1978].
["The VDM-SL Reference Guide", J. Dawes, Pitman 1991].
["Systematic Software Development Using VDM", C.B. Jones, P-H 1989].
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