Viewpoints and consistency: translating LOTOS to Object-Z

摘要

This paper presents a translation between the formal description technique LOTOS and the object-oriented specification language Object-z. The need for such a translation lies in the use of formal methods in viewpoint specification, and in particular in the Open Distributed Processing standard. The use of viewpoints as a set of partial interlocking specifications brings an obligation to check the consistency of these partial specifications, and to de so we need to relate specifications written in differing languages. The work presented here aims to support the consistency checking of viewpoints written using formal methods by defining a translation from LOTOS to Ojbect-z.