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Introduction


About this Manual

This volume, Methodology Guidelines, contains some practical guidelines on how to use SDL and related notations in software development using the SDL Suite.

The SDL-92 object oriented concepts are introduced, including converting an SDL-88 system into SDL-92. Some IBM Rational-specific extensions to SDL are described, as well as the handling of SDL, C and ASN.1 data types in the SDL Suite. Finally, how to manage the diagram files in a project that includes several project members is explained and exemplified.

Documentation Overview

A general description of the documentation can be found in Documentation.

Typographic Conventions

The typographic conventions that are used in the documentation are described in Typographic Conventions.

How to Contact Customer Support

Detailed contact information for IBM Rational Customer Support can be found in How to Contact Customer Support.


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