Net Meeting 41

Review of Action List

The actions are all at Overture on SourceForge.

• 38/2: still open. John said that they have begun such an update and they will upload relevant changes to the wiki SRA. Semantics are absolutely key and there is a need to work on proof support.
• 39/1: still open. This action is being carried forward.
• 40/1: closed, since it is a point on the agenda.
• 40/2: closed.
• 40/3: closed.
• 40/4: closed.
• 41/1: new. Prepare new materials on how VDM fits into industrial development practice. This is to be aimed at a lay “manager” readership. Contributors: MV, JSF, NB and PGL.
• 41/2: new. Peter to hand over convenership of LB to Nico. Nico to set clear QoS? expectations on the LB members and to doodle for several future LB meetings (arrange months in advance).
• 41/3: new. Marcel to explore facilities for managing and announcing releases provided by SF. He is to report back to overture-core.
• 41/4: new. Comments to PGL on the release plan> Complete by 20 February 2010.

VDMTools

Shin sent out the usual VDMTools report (see overture-core list).

Overture

Status for each of the Overture components at sourceforge

jmltrans

Carlos have been working in a standalone JML parser (based in the OpenJML project) that is able to output an AST of the parsed JML files so that he can connect it to the jmltrans tool. However, the jmltrans tools needs to be revised because of the changes in the overture AST and it needs to be a part of an Eclipse plugin (it was done before the eclipse version of the Overture).

Furthermore, depending on the JML AST structure returned from their parser, he might have to change the JML AST definition in VDM++ in order to ease the conversion process. T

Overture IDE

Kenneth recommends that he and augusto take the IDE components and refactor them or redo them when there is a decision about DLTK. It should cover the IDE components ( a larger task which may take some time)

Concerning vdmtools, Kenneths thinks we might be able to get Christian (kedde) to look into this since he made it. Then give us a few new features and a status of those components

Overture Language Board

Nico Plat could not be present in the netmeeting, but he has told Peter that he is willing to enter in the LB as the convenor and replace him there.

Release Plan

Peter made a draft of the release plan. A few members suggested to have it in SourceForge as well, in order to update it easily.

Publication plans

Planned (note the lead author and approximate date):

• DESTECS paper on static correctness conditions for co-simulation (John, June 2010)
• DESTECS paper on co-simulation incl. tool support (Peter, end 2010, aiming for FM’11)
• DESTECS paper on case studies (Marcel, aiming for an I-Day in 2010 or 2011)
• DESTECS paper on fault modelling in VDM and in co-sim framework (John, 2011)
• Paper on the jmltrans tool (Peter and Carlos)
• Co-simulation examples (John and Ken)
• Pacemaker Challenge state of the art (John et al.)

In preparation:

• Paper path case study (Marcel & Jozef, target end February 2010) for Journal of Systems and Software
• Japanese Translation of VDM++ Book (Sako) Target end March
• POs for Recursive Functions (Augusto, Peter)
• CT (Kenneth, Peter, Nick)

In review:

• DESTECS project introduction (Peter, Jan Broenink, Marcel, et al.)

In press:

• Overture Introductory paper aimed at ACM SE Notes (Peter, Nick, Miguel, John, Kenneth, Marcel)
• New proof paper (Sander, Peter, Jozef) accepted to SAC
• Formal Semantics of a VDM Extension for Distributed Embedded Systems (Jozef and Marcel) in Festschrift for W P de Roever (LNCS 5930)

Recently Appeared:

• None

EVERYONE please remember to update the publications list on vdmportal.org

EVERYONE please remember to acknowledge DESTECS in any relevant publications!

Any Other Business

Overture Documentation:

• Three Overture tool introductions have been prepared for the 3 dialects, each as a replacement Chapter 3. We’ll get reviews of the draft chapters from colleagues.
• A guide to Overture for potential adopters: Actions 40/3 and 40/4 - Peter and Nick to review older VDM marketing materials.

Next Meeting

14 March 2010, 14:00 CET