Abstract
This paper provides a brief introduction to the Z Base Standard published in November 1992 and made available for the first time at the Seventh Z User Meeting. Topics include:
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Why? (reasons for developing a Z standard)
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How? (technique of description)
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What? (outline of contents & structure)
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Help! (guidelines for reading the standard)
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What next? (status and direction)
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Z Base Standard (editors: Stephen Brien, John Nicholls), Version 1.0 dated 30th November 1992. Document ZIP/PRG/92/121 (obtainable from Programming Research Group, 11 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QD).
Proposal for a New Work Item: Z Specification Language,Document ISO/IEC JTC 1 N2159 dated 1992–10–09.
ISO 8879–1986 (E) Information Processing—Text and Office Systems Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML),Geneva: ISO, 1986.
Meyer, B., Introduction to the theory of programming languages, Prentice-Hall, 1990.
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Nicholls, J.E. (1993). Plain guide to the Z Base Standard. In: Bowen, J.P., Nicholls, J.E. (eds) Z User Workshop, London 1992. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3556-2_4
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