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HOL-OCL: Experiences, Consequences and Design Choices

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Based on experiences gained from an embedding of the Object Constraint Language (OCL)in higher-order logic [3 ],we explore several key issues of the design of a formal semantics of the OCL. These issues comprise the question of the interpretation of invariants, pre-and postconditions, an executable sub-language and the possibilities of refinement notions.A particular emphasize is put on the issue of mechanized deduction in UML/OCL specification.

This work was partially funded by the OMG member Interactive Objects Software GmbH (http://www.io-software.com).

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  1. Institut für Informatik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Georges-Köhler-Allee 52, D-79110, Freiburg, Germany

    Achim D. Brucker & Burkhart Wolff

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  1. Irisa - Univesité de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042, Rennes cedex, France

    Jean-Marc Jézéquel

  2. Fakultät Informatik, Technische Universität Dresden, Mommsenstr. 13, 01062, Dresden, Germany

    Heinrich Hussmann

  3. IBM United Kingdom Ltd, Sunbury House, 79 Staines Road West Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 7AN, Middlesex, UK

    Stephen Cook

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Brucker, A.D., Wolff, B. (2002). HOL-OCL: Experiences, Consequences and Design Choices. In: Jézéquel, JM., Hussmann, H., Cook, S. (eds) ≪UML≫ 2002 — The Unified Modeling Language. UML 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2460. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45800-X_17

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