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Tool Support


IBM Rational has been a firm supporter of SDL for a long time. We co-operate with ITU in the on-going work of improving the language and with ETSI in using SDL for defining protocol standards. We initiate and participate in international research programs on how to use the language in different application areas (such as the European Community programs RACE, ESPRIT and EUREKA). Our experience and know-how in these areas is put to practice when we develop software engineering tools that support the languages.

A tool for a specification language must be able to create, maintain, and analyze a specification. It is also fundamental that the tool can simulate, validate and generate application code to other high level languages.

The SDL Suite can do all of this.


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