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LCL - A Graphical Meta-Language for Specification of Language Constraints

Terje Gjosater

subject

Computer scienceProgramming languagebusiness.industryObject languageSpecification languagecomputer.software_genreUniversal Networking LanguageHigh-level programming languageProgramming language specificationData control languageArtificial intelligenceFirst-generation programming languagebusinesscomputerNatural language processingObject Constraint Languagecomputer.programming_language

description

The Object Constraint Language (OCL) is commonly used for constraints in meta-model-based language specifications. However, it may be advantageous to have a domain-specific constraint meta-language optimised for language specifications. A survey of OCL usage in language specifications has been performed, in order to gain an understanding of common constraint patterns. This is used as a starting point for defining a new meta-language for language constraints, Language Constraint Language (LCL), that has an intuitive graphical syntax.

https://doi.org/10.5220/0005250603290337