We present an approach in which the semantics of an XML language is defined by means of a transformation from an XML document model (an XML schema) to an application specific mode...
We present a proof calculus and method for the static verification of assertions and procedure specifications in shared-memory concurrent programs. The key idea in our approach is...
This work develops an integrated approach to the verification of behaviourally rich programs, founded directly on operational semantics. The power of the approach is demonstrated ...
The primary goal of exception mechanisms is to help ensure that when an operation fails, code that depends on the operation's successful completion is not executed (a property...
For decades we have been using Chomsky's generative system of grammars, particularly context-free grammars (CFGs) and regular expressions (REs), to express the syntax of prog...